GOSHTAAfghan border police, enraged by recent clashes with their Pakistani counterparts, are pleading for more weapons, escalating the tension between the two sides.The fighting, in which an Afghan border policeman was killed last week, has caused a sharp deterioration in relations between the ...

MOSCOW Syria dismissed as a “barefaced lie” on Saturday American and British claims it may have used chemical arms, as staunch ally Russia warned against using such fears to launch a military intervention in the strife-torn country.“First of all, I want to confirm that statements ...

WASHINGTON/LONDON - The White House disclosure that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons still leaves the Obama administration stuck with a limited choice of military options to help the rebels oust President Bashar Assad.Arming the rebels runs smack into the reality that a ...

BRUSSELS Fears resurfaced Tuesday of President Bashar al-Assad resorting to chemical weapons as rebels battled regime and Hezbollah forces in fierce fighting in Homs province, a watchdog said.In Brussels, US Secretary of State John Kerry told foreign ministers from the 28 Nato nations that the ...

MOSCOWAFPRussia said Wednesday it had destroyed nearly three-quarters of its world-topping stock of chemical weapons and expected to eliminate its entire arsenal by 2015 in line with a self-imposed deadline.The United States has been concerned about Russia's ability or desire to eliminate the ...

LONDON  - Britain is "increasingly concerned" about the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday, warning that "the world is watching".Speaking in the House of Commons, Hague also said Britain and France would continue to press for a ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - A balaclava-wearing intruder stole a cache of weapons from an Australian navy vessel Friday after overpowering a seaman, officials said, in a security breach the military described as “concerning”.The Australian Department of Defence said the infiltrator ...

SANAA  - A cargo of weapons originating in Turkey was seized by Yemeni authorities in the port of Aden, the defence ministry Internet website 26sep.net reported. Citing security sources, the report said the arms had been found in boxes used for biscuits, in a container dispatched from Turkey. ...

Pakistan has said that decision to reopen Nato supply routes has been taken in the national interest and “new arrangement” have been made in this regard. During a media briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesman Muazzim Ahmed Khan told that transportation of lethal weapons through ...

In no country of the world the weapon licences are issued to the people as liberally as in Pakistan. Immediately after occupying the throne of Pakistan the present government performed the ‘noble act’ of issuing lakhs of weapon licences on the false pretext of maintaining law and order. ...

BAGHDAD  - Jihadists are moving from Iraq to Syria and arms are also sent across the border to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Iraq’s deputy interior minister said in an interview with AFP on Saturday.Adnan al-Assadi also called private security firms ...

ISLAMABAD: “Gone are the days when stability and security of the country was defined in terms of number of missiles and tanks as a manifestation of lethal power available at the disposal of the state.”This was stated by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while addressing the ...

MULTAN - PML-N Balochistan leader Rauf Khan Sasooli has said that the country is grappling with civil war-like situation and the government needs to clear the society of all kinds of arms through a ruthless and indiscriminate operation. Talking to The Nation/Nawa-i-Waqt here on Saturday, he said ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI President of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Saeed Shafiq has informed the Business and Industrial Community and Law Enforcing Agencies that businessmen having arms licences need no permission to carry weapons for their safety. He took exception ...

Israel may be forgiven for failing to realise the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, US military aid to Israel not only sailed unscathed through last weeks passage of the 2011 budget, but reached the record level of $3 billion. The United States additionally provided Israel $415 ...

PESHAWAR (Agencies) As worsening law and order situation and rising extremism have made the lives of working women insecure, the nurses working at the government hospitals in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have obtained licenses for the 30-bore and 32-bore pistols. More than 2,000 married and un-married ...

QUETTA Unidentified persons attacked a police station and snatched away a large quantity of arms and ammunition on Sunday last from a police station in District Awaran of Balochistan. Official sources said around 35 armed men attacked the police station in the wee hours impersonating themselves as ...

ABU DHABI (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates on Monday gave a boost to the Middle East's biggest arms fair by announcing orders worth over three billion dirhams (819 million dollars), shrugging off a sharp drop in oil revenues triggered by the global economic slowdown. The UAE armed forces said it ...