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Joint security team of PH and former Muslim insurgents gets 1st of 11 barracks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 05:24 PM

A joint security team of Philippine forces and former Muslim separatists got their first barracks, situated inside what used to be major camp of the insurgency group in the southern province of Maguindanao, the government's peace agency said Sunday. Read more »

World defense spending spikes as rivalries heat up

Damon Wake, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 03:20 AM

Global defense spending saw its biggest jump in a decade in 2019, driven by the US and China, a study said Friday, as rivalries and conflicts stoke military investment. Read more »

China now world's second biggest weapons producer: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:20 AM

The opaque Chinese arms industry has made the Asian nation the world's second largest producer of munitions, a clear shift from a decade ago when China relied on imports, researchers said in a new report Monday.   Read more »

Russia says it has deployed first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles

Andrew Osborn, Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 02:55 AM

The new system, called Avangard, comprises a hypersonic glide vehicle which is designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile, one of several new types of weapons touted by Putin as being ahead of their time. Read more »

China, Japan, S. Korea to work for denuclearization of N. Korea

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 24 04:00 PM

Japanese, Chinese and South Korean leaders agreed Tuesday to strengthen trilateral coordination to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea, amid an increase in provocative rhetoric from Pyongyang. Read more »

N. Korea conducts new test at rocket site, aims to ‘overpower US nuclear threats’

Heekyong Yang and Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 11:37 PM

The test was conducted on Friday at the Sohae satellite launch site, KCNA said, citing a spokesman for North Korea's Academy of Defence Science, without specifying what sort of testing occurred. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 25, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 11:01 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 08:20 AM

Pope Francis observes a moment of silence with atomic bomb survivors (right on the stage) at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan on Sunday evening. Read more »

Pope condemns 'unspeakable horror' of nuclear weapons at Nagasaki

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 10:29 AM

Pope Francis railed against the use of nuclear weapons and the growing arms trade on Sunday as he paid tribute to the "unspeakable horror" suffered by victims of the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Read more »

Aging Japan bomb survivors back pope's anti-nukes call

Natsuko Fukue, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 08:36 AM

Like many aging survivors of the attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Kenji Hayashida hopes the pope can bring fresh international attention to the cause of nuclear abolition, and also keep alive the memory of the devastating bombings.   Read more »

Dealer umano ng pekeng armas arestado sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 06:17 PM

Naaresto noong hapon ng Miyerkoles ang isang lalaking dealer umano ng paltik o pekeng armas sa Danao City, Cebu.  Read more »

N.Korea slams door on Japan PM Abe visit, calls him an 'idiot'

Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 09:25 PM

"Abe is an idiot and villain as he is making a fuss as if a nuclear bomb was dropped on the land of Japan, taking issue with the DPRK's test-fire of super-large multiple rocket launchers," the North's KCNA state news agency said, citing a statement by Song Il Ho, its ambassador for ties with Japan. Read more »

Pentagon urges PH: Stick with US weapons despite Russia aid pledge

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 01:33 PM

The Pentagon urged Manila, its defense ally, to continue using US military equipment despite Russia's offer to boost the Philippines' defense capability.  Read more »

Pulis na 'gunrunner' umano timbog sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 08:54 PM

Lumalabas din na government-issued pa ang nasamsam na armas.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 10, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 11:56 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Coast Guard gets a weapon

Ted Aljibe, AFP
Posted at Oct 10 04:07 PM

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Group walk past a patrol boat (back) with a newly installed .50 caliber stabilized remote gun system at the Coast Guard headquarters in Manila on Thursday Read more »

Iran leader says nuclear weapons forbidden in Islam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 09:43 PM

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran could have taken the step to develop nuclear weapons but will not because their use is "haram", or forbidden in Islam. Read more »

N.Korean, US officials to resume nuclear talks after latest missile test

Tom Little, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 04:59 PM

North Korean and US officials on Saturday were set to resume nuclear talks in Stockholm after months of deadlock and Pyongyang's defiant test of a sea-launched ballistic missile this week.   Read more »

North Korea says to hold nuclear talks with US on Saturday

Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 09:24 PM

North Korea and the United States will hold working-level nuclear talks on Saturday, Pyongyang said, signaling the resumption of dialogue that has been effectively stalled since the collapse of a summit in February. Read more »

AFP says it lost weapons, ammunition following MILF chair's loose firearms claim

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 02:20 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) admitted Wednesday it had lost weapons and ammunition during firefights, following claims made by the interim chief minister of the Bangsamoro region that the military itself was the "main source" of loose firearms in Mindanao.  Read more »