weapons

Cuba calls for moving towards general disarmament

Published on: March 8, 2022
18:47

Amsterdam, March 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), based in the Netherlands, Anet Pino on Tuesday highlighted her country's conviction to move towards general disarmament.

Poland denies supply of fighter jets to Ukraine

Published on: March 3, 2022
11:21

Warsaw, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) Polish President Andrzej Duda told a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday that his country has not supplied military aircraft to Ukraine.

Syria puts limit to illegal firearms possession among its population

Published on: February 16, 2022
07:48

Damascus, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) The People's Assembly of Syria (Parliament) is currently studying a draft amendment to the law on firearms possession, to put an end to the illegal use that increased during the war this nation has been facing since 2011.

Cuba ratifies commitment to nuclear disarmament

Published on: February 14, 2022
17:04

Havana, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday ratified Cuba's commitment to nuclear disarmament on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco.

Armed violence cases ramp up in the United States

Published on: December 22, 2021
19:54

Washington, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) The United States registered an increase in armed violence in 2021 compared to 2020, the Gun Violence Archive (GVA) organization reported Wednesday.

Arms trafficking, a defining factor in undermining peace and security

Published on: November 22, 2021
18:55

United Nations, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Robin Geiss on Monday claimed that small arms trafficking is a defining factor in undermining international peace and security.

Weapons seized at Haiti’s main airport

Published on: November 22, 2021
11:25

Port-au-Prince, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian Police arrested three U.S. citizens at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport of this capital and seized five firearms, the local press revealed today.

Syrian army seizes terrorists’ ammunition

Published on: October 25, 2021
09:41

Damascus, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Soldiers of the Syrian army and allied popular forces today found a depot of shells of the radicals in the locality of al-Sharidah in Raqa province, some 450 kilometers northeast of Damascus.

Cuban president calls for a world free of nuclear weapons

Published on: October 12, 2021
13:34

Havana, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday called for a world free of nuclear weapons that should never be used to solve international conflicts.

Turkey might buy more S-400 systems from Russia

Published on: September 26, 2021
00:15

Ankara, Sep 26 (Prensa Latina) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted the possibility of acquiring more S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia, local media reported.

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