Arms and weapons

Man who allegedly hid knife in shoe at Changi Airport charged with carrying offensive weapon

The knife and sheath concealed in the man’s right shoe.

Man to be charged over concealing 19cm knife in shoe at Changi Airport

The knife and sheath concealed in the man’s right shoe.

On islands key to Taiwan’s defence, troops train for a Chinese first strike

Main battle tanks fire during a live-fire drill as part of a military exercise in Penghu, Taiwan, on Aug 10.

China deploys record number of ships around Taiwan as pressure grows

The number of Chinese ships detected around Taiwan’s main island soared to a record 244 in July.

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The US said it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins at the US Justice Department, NASA, the US Federal Reserve, the US Senate, and other sensitive government agencies.

Italy arrests Frenchman after anti-tank missiles found in van

French troops with an anti-tank system taking part in a NATO exercise in Romania on Aug 18.

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.

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