Weapons Archives

Gregory Bovino, the US Customs and Border Patrol commander at large, says that a Minnesota man who was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis on Saturday was armed and intended to "do maximum damage."

World

Minnesota ICE shooting puts new twist on gun rights debate

The shooting death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, by federal agents Saturday in Minneapolis has spurred a new kind of debate around gun...

AFPJanuary 25, 2026

Morten Bodskov (C) put the first symbolic shovel in the ground in the town of Vojens

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Denmark starts work on rocket fuel facility for Ukraine

Danish and Ukrainian officials have marked the start of construction of a facility that will supply rocket fuel to Ukraine, believed to be the...

AFPDecember 2, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) meet at UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025

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UN sanctions on Iran set to return as nuclear diplomacy fades

Iran is set to come under sweeping UN sanctions late Saturday for the first time in a decade, barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough, after...

AFPSeptember 27, 2025

Iranians drive next to a billboard displaying pictures of nuclear scientists, centrifuges and a sentence reading in Farsi 'Science is the power'

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Iran sanctions look set to return after last-ditch UN vote

Sweeping UN sanctions look likely to return on Iran despite a last-ditch effort on Friday by China and Russia for a delay to allow...

AFPSeptember 26, 2025

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UN to vote on Iran as sanctions loom

The UN Security Council will take up the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program again Friday as China and Russia seek to give more time...

AFPSeptember 25, 2025

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly

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Macron tells Iran president only hours remain to avert nuclear sanctions

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iran’s president there were only “hours left” for a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program to avert deep sanctions, even...

AFPSeptember 24, 2025

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Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, president tells UN

Iran’s president repeated Wednesday that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, after military strikes by Israel and the United States earlier this year,...

AFPSeptember 24, 2025

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Beijing shows off drones, missiles and lasers in military parade

Underwater drones, massive missiles and laser weapons dazzled crowds on Wednesday at a major military parade in Beijing, a show of strength for China...

AFPSeptember 3, 2025