Category: arms

  • US State Dept approves $7.4b arms deal for Israel

    The US State Department, headed by Marco Rubio, has officially informed its plans to sell Israeli bombs worth $ 7.4 billion of bombs and missiles with delivery operations that begin later this year and is scheduled to be completed in 2028. The large weapons package is divided into two different…

  • ICC decision may mean European arms embargo on Israel

    Reports of arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant made headlines in international media within minutes, especially in Europe. Almost all of them displayed a picture of Netanyahu, under a headline stating that the International Criminal Court had…

  • Greek port workers block Israel bound arms consignment

    A shipment sent from North Macedonia to the Greek port of Piraeus for loading onto a ship sailing to Israel was blocked by protesting port workers belonging to the Greek ENEDEP union of cargo handling workers. Port workers claimed that the container was carrying weapons destined for Israel. Reuters reported…

  • Intel rejects Arm’s approach for product division, Bloomberg News reports By Reuters

    (Reuters) – Arm Holdings approached Intel (NASDAQ:) about potentially acquiring the company’s products division but was told the business was not for sale, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The British chip company has not expressed interest in Intel’s manufacturing operations, the report added, citing a person familiar with the matter.…

  • Ukraine Hits Arms Sites in Russia, Warns of New Nuclear Threats

    Breadcrumbs Path Links PMN Business Ukraine’s armed forces confirmed overnight attacks on major Russian ammunition depots, while its newly appointed foreign minister warned of possible Russian targeting of nuclear power sites. Article author: Bloomberg News Bloomberg News Published on September 21, 2024 • Read for 2 minutes You can save…

  • Pennsylvania, Arizona and Texas benefit from US funding for Ukraine arms, Pentagon says By Reuters

    By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pennsylvania, Arizona and Texas are among the U.S. states that have received the most funding and investment to arm Ukraine in its war with Russia, a Pentagon spending breakdown released on Friday showed. Pennsylvania, a swing state in the Nov. 5 presidential election, received…

  • UK suspends some arms exports to Israel

    The British Foreign Office announced today during a parliamentary debate that the British government has decided to partially suspend arms exports to Israel due to the war in Gaza. The government took this decision after a review lasting almost two months, which found that British arms and defence exports “may…

  • Denmark opposes Israel arms embargo as UK wavers

    International human rights organizations, in conjunction with pro-Palestinian legal groups, have recently tried to change the policy through legal petitions to Denmark and the United Kingdom—two of the last European countries that have not yet declared an arms embargo on Israel. While the Danish parliament has previously firmly rejected a…

  • Pro-Palestinian delegates to Democratic convention to push for Israel arms embargo By Reuters

    Written by Andrea Shalal CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dozens of Muslim delegates and their allies, angered by U.S. support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza, are seeking changes to the Democratic Party platform and planning to push for a weapons ban this week, putting the party on alert for potential disruption to…

  • Reactions: The Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Arms Race Begins

    In case you missed it, Starkware, a company historically active in the Ethereum ecosystem, Announce Yesterday plans to begin allocating significant resources towards new Bitcoin scaling opportunities that have emerged over the past months. The group, a pioneer in zero-knowledge systems, has revealed plans to leverage OP_CAT in order to…

  • Reactions: The Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Arms Race Begins

    In case you missed it, Starkware, a company historically active in the Ethereum ecosystem, Announce Yesterday plans to begin allocating significant resources towards new Bitcoin scaling opportunities that have emerged over the past months. The group, a pioneer in zero-knowledge systems, has revealed plans to leverage OP_CAT in order to…

  • Biden administration advancing over $1b arms sales to Israel

    Less than a week after halting the supply of 2,000-pound bombs and artillery shells to Israel, the administration of US President Joe Biden informed Congress yesterday of its intention to move forward with an arms and ammunition package for Israel worth more than a billion dollars. The Wall Street Journal…