The Dutch defense minister on Thursday accused Russia’s military intelligence unit of attempted cybercrimes targeting the international chemical weapons watchdog and the investigation into the 2014 Malaysian Airlines crash over Ukraine.
Read moreCan a butter knife qualify as a deadly weapon? That’s the question taken up by California’s high court Wednesday, and the justices appeared unconvinced.
Read moreProsecutors brought 42 counts of misconduct involving weapons Tuesday against Jeffrey Dennis Metcalf, of Mesa, Ariz., saying he had 42 homemade pipe bombs in his home, and materials to make 30 more.
Read moreRussia will be subjected to a second round of “very severe” sanctions if it fails to comply with international laws around the use of chemical weapons, a state department official told lawmakers Thursday.
Read moreWhile semiautomatic rifles killed fewer people in U.S. mass shootings than handguns or rifles in the last 17 years, a new study shows they bring a higher risk of injury or death in those shootings.
Read moreThough Donald Trump ran on a pro-gun, Second Amendment platform, a recent study from Syracuse University shows the administration has stepped up prosecutions of weapons offenses, bringing 8,403 such cases in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2018, a 22.5 percent increase from the previous year.
Read moreChallengers to New York’s statewide ban on gravity knives have not proven the law to be unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Read moreThe attorney for a Chinese woman convicted of trying to send a $50 million missile-firing drone and jet fighter engines to China, asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to overturn her conviction claiming that there is no substantial evidence to incriminate her.
Read moreFrance’s government is imposing new sanctions on people and companies suspected of helping Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Read moreThe Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death sentence of a man who was convicted of the brutal murder of a childhood friend, rejecting his request for leniency based on his claim that he did not touch the murder weapon.
Read moreThe Pentagon says the U.S. has issues a formal complaint to China over the use of lasers near the military base in Djibouti that were directed at aircraft and resulted in minor injuries to two American pilots.
Read moreNavy enlisted man Aaron Booker, 31, of Waukegan, Ill., was federally charged Tuesday with possessing 20 hand grenades stolen from a ship, 18 of which were found in a bag by the side of a highway; two grenades are still missing, federal prosecutors said.
Read moreRoadside bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen bear similarities to others used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and by insurgents in Iraq and Bahrain, suggesting at the least an Iranian influence in their manufacture, a watchdog group said on Monday.
Read moreThe Trump administration is imposing sanctions on a French chemical weapons expert accused of making and using such munitions for the Islamic State group in Syria.
Read moreEuropean firearms passes were properly denied to several members of a target-shooting group in the UK territory of Gibraltar because the EU law at issue is not applicable, Europe’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreThe brother of the first American known to have died fighting for ISIS was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for weapons charges and lying to the FBI about terrorism.
Read moreThe undocumented immigrant acquitted of murder in the 2015 shooting of a woman on a San Francisco pier will remain locked up for now, as he fights new federal weapons charges.
Read moreJapan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based U.S. missile combat systems to increase the country’s defense capabilities amid escalating threats from North Korea.
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Lawyers for the man acquitted of murder in the shooting death of a woman on a San Francisco pier want a new trial on the only charge for which he was found guilty: being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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