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UK: DSEI Arms Fair Sparks Pro-Palestine Protests in London

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside London’s ExCeL Centre for the biennial DSEI arms fair, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and displaying banners. The four-day event features over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, including major Israeli defense firms and the US F-35 manufacturer. Three protesters were arrested, and the fair—heavily policed—is the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.

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UK: DSEI Arms Fair Sparks Pro-Palestine Protests in London 3

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside London’s ExCeL Centre for the biennial DSEI arms fair, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and displaying banners. The four-day event features over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, including major Israeli defense firms and the US F-35 manufacturer. Three protesters were arrested, and the fair—heavily policed—is the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.

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UK: DSEI Arms Fair Sparks Pro-Palestine Protests in London 2

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside London’s ExCeL Centre for the biennial DSEI arms fair, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and displaying banners. The four-day event features over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, including major Israeli defense firms and the US F-35 manufacturer. Three protesters were arrested, and the fair—heavily policed—is the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.

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Protesters Gather Outside Of The U.S. Embassies - Israel

Israeli and American left-wing activists hold a vigil outside the United States embassy in Jerusalem on April 5, 2024 to read out loud the names of the Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza during the current war and to demand that the United States stops sending weapons to Israel. Israeli police officers and soldiers gather to disperse the vigil, four female activists sit on the ground and link arms in protest. Photo by Emily Glick/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protesters Gather Outside Of The U.S. Embassies - Israel

Israeli and American left-wing activists hold a vigil outside the United States embassy in Jerusalem on April 5, 2024 to read out loud the names of the Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza during the current war and to demand that the United States stops sending weapons to Israel. Israeli police officers and soldiers gather to disperse the vigil, four female activists sit on the ground and link arms in protest. Photo by Emily Glick/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protesters Gather Outside Of The U.S. Embassies - Israel

Israeli and American left-wing activists hold a vigil outside the United States embassy in Jerusalem on April 5, 2024 to read out loud the names of the Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza during the current war and to demand that the United States stops sending weapons to Israel. Israeli police officers and soldiers gather to disperse the vigil, four female activists sit on the ground and link arms in protest. Photo by Emily Glick/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO ship Open Arms. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO ship Open Arms. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO ship Open Arms. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescues 60 People In The Mediterranean Sea

Open Arms volunteers rescue several migrants in a cayuco, January 3, 2024, in the Mediterranean Sea. 60 migrants have been rescued this afternoon by the crew of the NGO Open Arms ship. According to the organization, the rescue has been carried out just as bad weather is looming in the area. The Open Arms had already disembarked last December 31 54 people in the Roman port of Civitavecchia to which it was sent after the terrible weather conditions forced the Italian authorities to change the first port decided, Genoa, after four days of navigation. Photo by Antonio Sempere / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan hands over air radar system to Philippines

SAN FERNANDO, Philippines, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Japan formally handed over an air surveillance radar system to the Philippines on Wednesday, the first export of a complete defense product since its long-held arms trade ban was eased in 2014. The system, which can detect approaching fighter jets and missiles, will help bolster the Southeast Asian country's defense amid China's growing aggressiveness in the South China Sea, according to Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro. Wednesday's handover of the first of the four radar systems is based on Japan's defense equipment and technology transfer deal with the Philippines in 2020. Japan had agreed to deliver four radars. (Kyodo)

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AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses risk to global security: think tank report

STORY: AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses risk to global security: think tank report DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: Vienna CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of outside view of the seminar 2. various of the seminar 3. various of speakers STORYLINE: The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses a serious risk to regional and global security, according to a joint report released on Wednesday by a Chinese and a Russian think tank at a seminar here. The report, called "The AUKUS submarine deal: risks for the nuclear non-proliferation regime and global security", was published by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and Russia's Center for Energy and Security Studies. Under the trilateral AUKUS alliance, announced in September 2021, Australia can build nuclear-powered submarines with technology provided by the United States and the United Kingdom. The AUKUS deal involves the transfer of up to four tons of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium from the United States and Britain,

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Firsts trusses delivered to Notre Dame by a barge cruises along the Seine - Paris

Handout picture shows Jean-Louis Georgelin, former chief of staff of the armies, CEO of the Public Establishment in charge of the conservation and restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, French Junior Minister for Transports Clement Beaune, Mayor of Paris Centre Ariel Weil, Regional councillor Ile-de-France Delphine Burkli, and the teams of carpenters of the group of the four companies awarded works of reconstruction of the structure of the arrow and the two arms of the transept : Le Bras Freres (representative), Asselin, Cruard Charpente and Mdb Metiers du Bois as the 3 firsts trusses - 15 meters long and 10 meters high - to be delivered to the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral during its restoration following a massive fire 4-years-ago, in Paris on July 11, 2023. Notre-Dame de Paris, which was partially destroyed by fire in 2019, is due to reopen at the end of 2024 with brand-new liturgical furnishings in dark-brown bronze, as well as 1,500 openwork design chairs in solid oak. Eight oak trees have also be

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Open Arms Rescue Ship With 299 Migrants In Brindisi

The 299 migrants arrived in the port of Brindisi, Italy, with the Open Arms ship, on July 09, 2023. On board 23 women, some of whom are pregnant, 186 men, 90 minors of which 84 are unaccompanied. They come from Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Tunisia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. In 110 they traveled on a wooden boat, 14 others on another boat, on the other four instead there were 175 people in all. Photo by Tasco Damiano/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. announces additional arms aid for Ukraine worth 325 mln USD

STORY: U.S. announces additional arms aid for Ukraine worth 325 mln USD DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Pentagon 2. various of Washington D.C. 3. various of the U.S. Air Force loading cargo bound for Ukraine (Jan. 13, 2023) 4. various of the U.S. Air Force loading palletized explosives bound for Ukraine (Aug. 9, 2022) STORYLINE: The United States on Wednesday announced an additional package of weapons for Ukraine worth 325 million U.S. dollars. According to a list from the Department of Defense (DoD), the new tranche of security assistance included additional ammunition for the U.S.-provided HIMARS, artillery rounds, anti-armor systems, over 9 million rounds of small arms ammunition, and four logistics support vehicles, among other items. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who received a delegation of authority from President Joe Biden to authorize the presidential drawdown of the weapons, said in a statement

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AOHR stresses strengthening cooperation for human rights

STORY: AOHR stresses strengthening cooperation for human rights DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of meeting STORYLINE: Adel bin Abdul Rahman Al-Assoumi, president of the Arab Parliament and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Observatory for Human Rights (AOHR), stressed on Wednesday the importance of strengthening cooperation and coordinating efforts for the four arms of human rights within the framework of the Arab League system. He made the remarks at the opening of the eighth meeting of the Board of Trustees of the AOHR in Cairo. During the meeting, the Board of Trustees of the AOHR discussed several important issues, including the necessary preparations for holding the annual conference that the observatory intends to organize during the month of September, which is the first of its kind to bring together Arab mechanisms and to present developments and challenges facing the human rights situation in the Arab world. Xinhua New

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Sanin Kaigan coast allowed to continue as U.N.-aided geopark

TOTTORI, Japan - Tottori Mayor Yoshihiko Fukazawa (2nd from R) and other people raise their arms in celebration in the western Japan city along the Sea of Japan coast on Sept. 23, 2014, following the UNESCO-assisted Global Geoparks Network's approval of the local Sanin Kaigan coast's continuation as a geopark four years after its certification as such.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide may venture outside ISS

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide undergoes training for operating robotic arms by computer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 19, 2012. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said March 20 that Hoshide may have the opportunity to venture outside the International Space Station during his four-month stay aboard the ISS beginning in July.

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Dragons clinch CL title

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai throws his arms in the air during a celebration at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 1, 2010, after the team clinched its first Central League title in four years as the Hanshin Tigers fell to the Hiroshima Carp.

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Ishikawa misses cut in season opener, Ikeda bounces back

KUWANA, Japan - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa folds his arms during the second round of the Token Homemate Cup at Touken Tado Country Club in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, on April 16, 2010. Ishikawa, who topped the 2009 JGTO money list, only managed a 2-over 73, missing the cut by four strokes.

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Incumbent Yamada set to win Kyoto gubernatorial race

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada and supporters throw their arms in the air in celebration after projections by the media, including Kyodo News, showed he was likely to secure his third four-year term by defeating sole challenger Yusuke Mon in a gubernatorial election on April 11, 2010.

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Glitch in Olympic torch arm

VANCOUVER, Canada - Olympic torch ceremony goes on with one of the four arms (L) failing to lift from the ground due to a glitch during the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010.

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Glitch in Olympic torch arm

VANCOUVER, Canada - Olympic torch ceremony goes on with one of the four arms failing to lift from the ground due to a glitch during the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010.

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Thailand drops prosecution of N. Korea arms cargo plane crew

BANGKOK, Thailand - Two crew members of a cargo plane carrying a large shipment of unlisted North Korean arms that were seized at Bangkok airport last December are transferred to the Thai immigration office in Bangkok after their release from jail. Thai authorities have decided to drop charges against the plane's five crew members -- four Kazaks and one Belarusian -- to avoid affecting relations with the two countries.

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2 women break all-male grip in Shimane prefectural assembly

MATSUE, Japan - Keiko Shiraishi (57), a former employee of the Shimane prefectural government, raises her arms in victory after winning a seat in the prefectural assembly election on April 8, breaking the all-male grip in the prefectural legislature for the first time in four years. The election also produced a second female assembly member, Tomoko Sumi, 52, a former Matsue city employee.

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2 U.S.-made destroyers join Taiwan's navy

KEELUNG, Taiwan - The first two of four Kidd-class destroyers sold to Taiwan by the United States are berthed at Keelung port after joining the Taiwanese Navy on Dec. 17. Both President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu visited the northern Taiwan port to attend a grand commissioning ceremony organized for the two U.S.-made warships, part of an arms procurement package approved in April 2001 by the U.S. government.

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Komazawa Univ. wins 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Komazawa University anchor Kazuharu Murakami throws up arms in joy as he crosses the finish line to lead his team to victory on the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 2. Komazawa, which is seeking its third straight overall victory, finished the 107.2-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi to Lake Ashinoko in the hot-springs resort of Hakone in 5 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds to claim its first opening day win in four years.

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Ex-U.S. envoy to Seoul returns from Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - Donald Gregg, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 6, one day after he returned from a four-day private trip to Pyongyang. Gregg said North Korea sees its 1994 nuclear pact with the U.S. as ''hanging by a thread'' but not yet void after the revelation of a new arms program.

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Afghan law enforcement agencies seize weapons, detaining 4 in Nangarhar province

STORY: Afghan law enforcement agencies seize weapons, detaining 4 in Nangarhar province DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the seized weapons 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MAWLAWI MOHAMMAD ALLAH EDRIS, Provincial head of General Directorate for Intelligence, Nangarhar province 3. various of the weapons STORYLINE: The Afghan law enforcement agencies have seized 18 pieces of weapons including assault rifles, and arrested four people for keeping the arms illegally in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial head of the General Directorate for Intelligence (GDI) Mawlawi Mohammad Allah Edris said Thursday. The weapons were found in provincial capital Jalalabad, and in the districts of Khogiani and Surkhrod. The four people had been taken into custody for investigations, the official added. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MAWLAWI MOHAMMAD ALLAH EDRIS, Provincial head of General Directorate for Intelligence, Nangarhar province "The personnel of the special units

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS

(220922) -- JALALABAD, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows the weapons seized by Afghan law enforcement agencies in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The Afghan law enforcement agencies have seized 18 pieces of weapons including assault rifles, and arrested four people for keeping the arms illegally in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial head of the General Directorate for Intelligence (GDI) Mawlawi Mohammad Allah Edris said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-WEAPONS

(220922) -- JALALABAD, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man checks a weapon seized by Afghan law enforcement agencies in Jalalabad, capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2022. The Afghan law enforcement agencies have seized 18 pieces of weapons including assault rifles, and arrested four people for keeping the arms illegally in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial head of the General Directorate for Intelligence (GDI) Mawlawi Mohammad Allah Edris said Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Afghan forces kill 2 militants, arrest 4 in Kabul

STORY: Afghan forces kill 2 militants, arrest 4 in Kabul DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: various of the police on duty in Kabul STORYLINE: Security forces in Afghanistan stormed a hideout of armed militants on the northern edge of Kabul city on Wednesday night, killing two and arresting four others, the Taliban-run administration's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Thursday. "The operation of security forces against hideout of Khawarej ( a term used against Daesh or Islamic State group) in 315 localities of Kabul city last night was over by killing two and arresting four others," Mujahid said on his Twitter account. A large number of arms and ammunition of the militants were destroyed or captured by the security forces, Mujahid asserted. The official also noted that the vicious attempt of the militants to kill people had been thwarted. The religious scholars in their three-day jirga or grand assembly that concluded Saturday described th

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Uganda, China vocation institutions hold skills, innovation competition to boost knowledge transfer

STORY: Uganda, China vocation institutions hold skills, innovation competition to boost knowledge transfer DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:18 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of set up of Ritah a PLC student 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RITAH KEMIGISHA, PLC Student 3. various set up of Ye Zelian 4. Various of Automated Robotic Arms 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YE ZELIAN, Chinese Instructor 6. various of students briefing 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVID ILLUKOL, Head of Engineering Department at UIRI 8. various of machining students 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVID ILLUKOL, Head of Engineering Department at UIRI 10. various of electrical students STORYLINE: Ritah Kemigisha, an oil and gas student in Uganda is hoping to work in the country's highly skills required oil sector which is now moving into commercial production stage. Kemigisha is one of the participants in the technical skills development and innovation competition among four vocational training institutions, t

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-ARMS EMBARGO-HOUTHIS-YEMEN

(220301) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution to impose an arms embargo on the Houthi militia in Yemen as an entity at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 28, 2022. Resolution 2624, which was adopted with 11 votes in favor and four abstentions, decides that the Houthis as an entity shall be subject to the arms embargo contained in its previous Resolution 2216 of 2015. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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Robot arms draw athletes' movements

Four robot arms draw athletes' movements on sand at Ueno Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. The event hosted by a group of artists based in London opened to media people ahead of public demonstration the following day as the Tokyo Olympics are under way.

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Robot arms draw athletes' movements

Four robot arms draw athletes' movements on sand at Ueno Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. The event hosted by a group of artists based in London opened to media people ahead of public demonstration the following day as the Tokyo Olympics are under way.