Arms and weapons

UN and Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons

Other human rights groups also worry that AI-driven systems cannot be adequately predicted or controlled.

China develops missile to target planes thousands of kilometres away

China added air-to-air capabilities to some hypersonic cruise missiles and built anti-ship capabilities into several types of missiles.

Norway pledges $11 billion as Baltic, Nordic leaders gather in Kyiv

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky greets Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on Aug 23, before the Ukraine-Nordic-Baltic summit in Kyiv.

Sweden remands school sword attack suspect in custody

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (left) and Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson visiting the makeshift memorial for a 17-year-old girl who was killed by a man with a sword in Fagersta, Sweden, on Aug 22.

Australia’s capital to join gun buyback in response to Bondi Beach attack, Albanese says

The gunmen accused of carrying out the Bondi Beach attack used powerful firearms that were legally obtained.

Moscow warns of ‘consequences’ after reports that British-made drones hit Russia

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham (second from right) and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting (centre) visiting the Submarine Academy for Skills and Knowledge (SASK), BAE Systems, on July 30.

How useful are the Ukraine and Iran wars to Taiwan’s defence strategy?

A Taiwanese military Tactical-2 unmanned aerial vehicle being deployed in Chang-Hua county during the annual Han Kuang exercise in August.

Australia’s New South Wales to start gun buyback spurred by Bondi attack

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the state’s gun buyback would start on Nov 2, offering cash for eligible handguns, shotguns and rifles.

Man arrested for driving while on drugs after police find him asleep in van in Yishun

Police officers found the man sleeping in the driver’s seat of a van, which bears the livery of van-sharing platform LoadUp Singapore.

Reports about poor conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln are ‘completely misrepresented’, says Pete Hegseth

An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the ongoing conflict with Iran, on July 31, 2026.

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