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CMAC destroys US cluster bomb, reaffirms mine-free commitment
13 May 2025 20:12 GMT
… safely destroyed a US-dropped cluster bomb found in a cashew … a CBU-25/A cluster bomb, contained 132 BLU-24… the unsafe condition of the cluster bomb, removal or transport was … to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Treaty), describing …
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Europe needs to get over its cluster bomb qualms to defend itself, experts say
27 Apr 2025 08:45 GMT
… of Europe — signed an international ban.
But if Europe is serious … — which has not ratified the cluster bomb treaty — sent Ukraine M864 155 …
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Washington Supreme Court upholds ban on high-capacity magazines as constitutional
08 May 2025 20:31 GMT
… ruling that had declared the ban unconstitutional.
PREVIOUSLY | Judge … rules Washington's ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional … the Legislature approved the ban "without concern… machine guns, or even cluster bombs under the court' …
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Lithuania quits cluster bomb ban treaty
06 Mar 2025 11:42 GMT
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Candles and flowers displayed on a fence to mark the third-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in front of the Ukraine Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
Lithuania on Thursday quit an international …
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Lithuania Quits Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty Despite Outrage
06 Mar 2025 04:12 GMT
… quit an international convention banning cluster bombs, citing security concerns over neighbouring … , transfer, production and stockpiling of cluster bombs.
Cluster munitions can be dropped … .
Stemming from a desire to ban anti-personnel landmines due to …
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A landmark agreement on a treaty to ban cluster bombs came into force in 2010, without the backing of the United States and China
04 Mar 2025 03:56 GMT
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A landmark agreement on a treaty to ban cluster bombs came into force in 2010, without the backing of the United States and China
04 Mar 2025 03:33 GMT
Lithuania will become the first country in the European Union to officially leave a multilateral arms regulation agreement when it withdraws on March 6 from the international treaty prohibiting the use of cluster munitions, citing a heightened security …
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Lebanese returning home after Israel war face growing danger from cluster bombs
08 Jan 2025 12:15 GMT
… , speaking at the international mine-ban treaty review conference in Cambodia … the Lebanese state documented 15 cluster bomb attacks in November alone. These … rates for Israeli munitions, including cluster bombs, were alarmingly high, with estimates …
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Former defence sec Ben Wallace urges Britain to WITHDRAW from global landmines ban championed by Princess Diana
24 Mar 2025 22:36 GMT
… from a global landmines ban championed by Princess Diana. … by pressure or tripwires.
Cluster bombs are miniature bomblets usually scattered … had championed the landmine ban and visited deminers in … United Kingdom left the Mine Ban Treaty.
"However, those …
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Child Injured in Cluster Bomb Explosion in Sa'adah Governorate
04 Dec 2024 19:57 GMT
… , Wednesday, in explosion of a cluster bomb dropped by the US-Saudi … to the explosion of a cluster bomb dropped by the US-Saudi … on importing medicines and the ban on traveling abroad, despite the …