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#Pakistan News Canada has resumed exports of drone parts to Türkiye, according to a statement made by Global Affairs, the country’s foreign ministry on Monday. Canada suspended drone technology sales to Türkiye in 2020 after concluding its optical equipment attached to Turkish-made drones had been used by Azerbaijan while ...

#Pakistan News Canada announced late Monday it had dropped weapons export controls to Türkiye, including drone optical technology, according to a notice posted online, saying that from now on, it would review all exports on a case-by-case basis. Canada suspended drone technology sales to Türkiye in 2020 after concluding ...

The United States has announced plans to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions to stave off the Russian military’s offensive, drawing fierce condemnation from Moscow. The planned transfer, which comes as part of a $1bn US aid package for Kyiv unveiled on Wednesday, also has raised questions about the ...

The headquarters of one of the battalions in Ukraine’s 53rd Mechanized Brigade smells of fresh cut pine trees. The scents are from the wooden support beams in the labyrinth of trenches that make up most of the unit’s rudimentary base outside the embattled town of Avdiivka.In the main command ...

https://sputnikglobe.com/20230716/us-not-planning-to-restore-its-stockpile-of-cluster-munitions-sent-to-ukraine-1111922178.htmlUS Not Planning to Restore Its Stockpile of Cluster Munitions Sent to UkraineUS Not Planning to Restore Its Stockpile of Cluster Munitions Sent to UkraineThe United States does not plan to restore its own stockpile of cluster munitions to replace those handed over to Ukraine, White House National Security ...

https://sputnikglobe.com/20230715/musk-comments-on-us-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-says-fate-hates-hypocrisy-1111899346.htmlElon Musk on US Decision to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine: Fate 'Hates Hypocrisy'Elon Musk on US Decision to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine: Fate 'Hates Hypocrisy'Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has accused the United States of hypocrisy for harshly condemning other countries that use cluster munitions and now sending ...

On two separate occasions last year, railroad cars carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of smokeless powder — enough propellant to collectively make at least 80 million rounds of ammunition — rumbled across the China-Russia border at the remote town of Zabaykalsk.The powder had been shipped by Poly Technologies, a state-owned Chinese company ...

GENEVA — Lethal cluster munitions are still being used in old and new conflicts around the world, from Syria to Libya, to Nagorno-Karabakh, a UN-backed civil society report said on Wednesday.Over the last decade, the hair-trigger devices have caused more than 4,300 recorded casualties in 20 countries, according ...

Over the last decade, the hair-trigger devices have caused more than 4,300 recorded casualties in 20 countries, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor 2020, although it said that the true number is likely much higher. Between August 2010 and July 2020, cluster munitions were deployed in seven countries that have ...