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North Korea's Kim calls US 'our biggest enemy' in challenge to Biden

Josh Smith and Cynthia Kim, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 02:04 PM

Washington's hostile policies would not change regardless of who occupies the White House but dropping those policies would be key to North Korea-US relations, Kim said, according to state news agency KCNA.  Read more »

Iran vows 'decisive response' to any Israeli move against it

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 04:39 AM

DUBAI - Iran said on Tuesday it would deliver a "decisive response" to any Israeli move against it, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, a news agency close to the Revolutionary Guards said. Read more »

Mga armas ng mga umano'y miyembro ng NPA, natagpuan sa Surigao del Norte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 02:08 AM

Nadiskubre ng militar ang pinagtaguan ng mga armas ng hinihinalang miyembro umano ng New People's Army sa Brgy. Payapag sa bayan ng Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, Linggo ng umaga. Read more »

EXPLAINER: How close is Iran to producing a nuclear bomb?

Francois Murphy, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 11:42 AM

A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehran's top nuclear scientist.   Read more »

Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s nuclear arsenal add to Joe Biden’s list of presidential challenges

Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 20 01:47 PM

Analysts are skeptical that a Biden administration will succeed where previous ones, from both political parties, have failed. Pyongyang, meanwhile, has said it will never abandon its nuclear weapons as long as the US remains ‘hostile’ to it Read more »

White House advances drone and missile sales to Taiwan, say sources

Mike Stone, Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 02:38 AM

The possible sales follow three other notifications first reported by Reuters on Monday that drew China's ire as the United States prepares for its Nov. 3 election. Read more »

U.N. nuclear ban treaty to take effect Jan. 22

Kyodo News
Updated as of Oct 25 11:45 AM

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted in 2017, will become the first international norm outlawing the development, testing, possession and use of nuclear weapons. Read more »

US, Russia edge back towards talks on nuclear arms pact

Anastasia Clark, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 05:34 AM

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States on Tuesday were edging closer to breaking an impasse in long-running talks aimed at extending a landmark nuclear arms deal, due to expire within months. Read more »

Did Trump disclose secret US nuclear weapon in interview?

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 09:33 AM

WASHINGTON - Bob Woodward's explosive new book on President Donald Trump has sent military analysts worldwide scrambling over a boast Trump made to the veteran Washington journalist of a potentially nuclear weapons system that "nobody's ever had." Read more »

China pushing to double nuclear warhead arsenal: Pentagon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 03:47 AM

WASHINGTON - The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads within a decade with the ability to launch them aboard ballistic missiles by land, sea and air, the Pentagon said in a report Tuesday. Read more »

Full alert in Manila after Jolo blasts

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 04:07 PM

Members of the Manila Police District -Special Weapons and Tactics patrol the streets of Carriedo in Manila on Tuesday.  Read more »

Why do 'non-lethal' weapons maim and kill protesters?

Frank Zeller, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 11:59 AM

As street protests worldwide have multiplied, rights groups have sounded the alarm about tear gas, rubber bullets, stun guns and other anti-riot weapons causing serious wounds and fatalities.  Read more »

PNP chief says 'high time' to procure non-lethal weapons

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 01:25 PM

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Archie Gamboa on Wednesday said that the agency is planning to equip law enforcers with "non-lethal" weapons to give officers "other options" to neutralize threats. Read more »

Human Rights Watch eyes treaty banning 'killer robots'

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 06:09 AM

GENEVA - Human Rights Watch said Monday it was seeking a new international treaty to halt the race towards fully autonomous weapons, claiming a growing number of countries wanted an outright ban.   Read more »

Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

Ayano Shimizu, Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 09 12:16 PM

The mayor of Nagasaki on Sunday pushed the Japanese government to take more action toward realizing a world free of nuclear weapons, amid a global retreat of leadership on the issue, at a memorial ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Read more »

'Unspeakable horror': the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 01:07 PM

TOKYO - Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, which killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and left many more deeply traumatized and even stigmatized. Read more »

US and Russia to resume nuclear talks, but China casts cloud

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 07:23 AM

WASHINGTON - Russia confirmed Tuesday that it would open talks with the United States this month on extending a major nuclear disarmament treaty but warned that US insistence on including China could scuttle efforts. Read more »

China needs more nuclear warheads: Chinese editor

Yew Lun Tian, Reuters
Posted at May 09 12:53 AM

China should expand its stock of nuclear warheads to 1,000 soon, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin said on Friday, even as US President Donald Trump repeats his call for China to join an arms control treaty. Read more »

PNP chief opts for tasers, ‘non-lethal’ weapons, as incidents put police in spotlight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 08:01 PM

Gen. Archie Gamboa said stress and fatigue are no excuse for police officers to resort to abuse amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Read more »

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 »