Arms sales

US approves $3.5b missile sale to Saudis
USA

US approves $3.5b missile sale to Saudis

The State Department said it notified Congress of the deal that will include Saudi Arabia's purchase of 1,000 medium-range air-to-air missiles

India's "Akash" missiles, mounted on a truck, are displayed during Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, January 26, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo
South Asia

India offers cheap loans for arms, targeting Russia's traditional customers

Israeli soldiers take part in an operation near Jenin Camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
USA

Amid truce concerns, US plans emergency $3 billion Israel arms deals

A globe is seen in front of Chinese and Taiwanese flags in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
World+Biz

China sanctions military firms and executives over US arms sales to Taiwan

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives to attend a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, August 6, 2024. File Photo: REUTERS/Mina Kim/File Photo
Europe

UK suspends 30 of its 350 arms export licences to Israel

An Israeli army soldier covers his ears as a self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Nov. 6, 2023. Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP
World+Biz

UK govt announces partial suspension of arms exports to Israel

The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, January 8, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Asia

US approves $360 million arms sale to Taiwan for missiles, drones

A photo taken on 23 January 2024 shows the United Nations Human Rights Council at the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
Hamas-Israel war

UN rights council demands halt of arms sales to Israel

A soldier uses a mobile phone as he sit inside a military vehicle outside Myanmar's Central Bank during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
World+Biz

UN rights office calls for urgent halt to arms sales to Myanmar

A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Blue Hawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 fires chaff flares during a training exercise near the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Philippine Sea April 24, 2017. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

US business groups criticize Biden's Taiwan arms sales policy

Major arms sales flat in 2016-20 for first time in more than a decade
Global Economy

Major arms sales flat in 2016-20 for first time in more than a decade

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi di Maio holds a news conference in Rome, Italy, March 8, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
World+Biz

Italy blocks sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia and UAE

Pantsir-S1 air defense system. Photo: TASS
South Asia

Russia to supply air defence systems to Myanmar