Abu Dhabi: On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates will host the second regional workshop aimed at combating the unlawful trade and proliferation of small arms and light weapons among member states of the League of Arab States (LAS). Taking place over three days at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Hotel in Abu Dhabi, the workshop […]
“A piece of good news from 2020: we’ve banned the bomb!” the International Committee of Red Cross tweeted on Sunday. “Yesterday the 50th State ratified the treaty to ban nuclear weapons,” alluding to Honduras who, on Saturday, signed the international treaty to ban nuclear weaponry, carrying the move forward. “They must never be used again,” […]
Honduras became the 50th country to ratify the international treaty banning nuclear weapons, a UN official said Saturday, allowing for the historic call to enter into force after 90 days. While nuclear-armed powers have not signed up to the treaty, activists who have pushed for its enactment hold out hope that it will nonetheless prove […]
Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter. U.S. officials made multiple “high-level” approaches in July and August to Indonesia’s defence and foreign ministers before Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, rebuffed […]
