Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people. The Israeli military confirmed Friday's airstrikes, saying they targeted militant activities in response to recent rocket fire from Gaza. The missile strikes come ...

Munitions experts working in the Republic of Congo have destroyed more than 878,000 weapons in two and a half years, the British Mines Advisory Group (MAG) organisation announced Thursday. Frederic Martin, director of an MAG programme on destroying conventional arms and managing stocks and reserves, presented journalists with a report on the destruction of 878,003 weapons between June ...

Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in Russia's capital Wednesday after maintenance workers uncovered hundreds of rusty World War II-era artillery shells beneath a road. Sappers removed 916 field artillery shells of various caliber after workers expanding a road in west Moscow stumbled upon ...