AFRICOM strike in Somalia under scrutiny over claims that village elder was wrongly targeted and killed in airstrike www.stripes.com/theaters/afr...

'Choose your side': Italian unions launch nationwide strike over genocide in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/italian-dockworkers-warn-they-will-shut-down-europe-if-gaza-sumud-flotilla-attacked

In new surge of support for increasingly isolated Israel, Trump administration plans nearly $6 billion in arms sales to Israel - largely paid for by US taxpayers. www.defensenews.com/global/midea...

For five years – since his arrest in September 2020 under a draconian terrorism law – Umar Khalid has remained India’s most prominent political prisoner and symbol of the systematic crushing of dissent under Modi's dominant Hindu nationalist regime www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Arrest in Bulgaria of Igor Grechushkin — whose ship carried chemicals to Lebanon that exploded in 2020 — is a sign that the investigation may finally get results. www.occrp.org/en/news/beir...

Worshippers massacred in RSF drone strike on Mosque in El Fasher Mass civilian casualties deepen fears of ethnic cleansing in North Darfur sudanwarmonitor.com/p/worshipper...

Some have called for a new referendum “so that the population can stop the procurement,” as the Swiss social democrats put it. -> 2020 referendum narrowly approved purchase of F-35 fighter jets for CHF 6 billion: only 50.1% of voters in favor. www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

European Investment Bank (EIB) backs Thales with €450 million loan for aeronautics and radar investments - (one of the) biggest corporate loans the EIB has ever granted in the military sector. www.eib.org/en/press/all...

#Elbit Systems verkauft Waffensysteme und Cybertechnologie weltweit – auch an die Bundeswehr. Er ist Israels größter Rüstungskonzern und profitiert von der weltweiten Aufrüstung – und vom #Gazakrieg: www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194...

Germany's "change of tone": “The rule-based international order in space is nearly over” “We have to accept that space is a tested domain, is a war-fighting domain, is becoming a war-fighting domain.” www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches. A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Antiwar Russians are being sent back as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown, despite facing imprisonment and other dangers. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

Spread the word: zondag 5 oktober trekken wij de Rode Lijn in Amsterdam. De verkiezingen komen eraan. Onze politiek voelt de druk, maar weigert nog steeds effectieve maatregelen te nemen tegen Israël’s genocide en illegale bezetting. Kom in actie! Meld je aan via: paxvoorvrede.nl/acties/wij-t...

Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper and drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

On the academic boycott, Pappé said: “[It] is a very harsh and tough, albeit necessary, conversation with the Israeli academic institutions, illuminating for them their responsibility and for being an organic part of an oppressive system” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

🇬🇧At DSEI 2025 a company was yet again found displaying banned weapons. ⁉️Companies promoting banned equipment at DSEI is an on-going problem. 📣We are calling for the UK Govt to properly enforce its own export control laws & for DSEI organisers to do more. 🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/promoti...

Someone will write how this is very damaging to the Missile Technology Control Regime. We'll add that to this thread at that point. www.state.gov/releases/bur...

1/ 🧵 shadowworldinvestigations.org/statement-in... This letter, out today, has been endorsed by a number of experts listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade. The Forum itself does not take positions. Partial list of endorsers includes:

english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2... Spain has cancelled 700 million euro contract for 12 SILAM rocket launcher systems derived from the PULS platform made by Israeli firm Elbit Systems.

The Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 report #CCM2025 has been released! The report can be access through this: bit.ly/42oMtYG The press release is also available in here: bit.ly/41NasAH #BanClusterBombs

Mali receives more CS/VP14 and VN22 military vehicles from China www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-la...

Authorities & military leadership in eastern #Libya should urgently address enforced disappearances in areas under their control & by forces under their command. Struggling judiciary not excuse to normalize crimes. Inaction can be complicity. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09... @nicolaorlando.bsky.social

Brave Israeli army refusers defy harsher backlash to protest genocide Facing longer prison terms and greater public hostility, a new cohort of conscientious objectors insist refusal is both a moral duty and an act of hope. www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

Austria’s Schiebel to launch armed versions of the company’s Camcopter S-100 and S-300 rotary-wing UAVs euro-sd.com/2025/09/majo...

Zondag 14 september, 14:00 uur, Grote Markt Groningen - Samen een rode lijn trekken: https://www.groningendestraatop.nl/#Section4 🇵🇸 🍉 🕊️ #groningen #freepalestine

"Ook bleef onvermeld dat de overnemende partij nauwe banden heeft met de Israëlische krijgsmacht."

Dubai Airshow nixes Israel attendance over bombing in Qatar www.defensenews.com/global/midea...

Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation (MIC) recently unveiled its new Safaroog one-way attack drone www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/ae...

"The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam....BBC News has confirmed the identities of 10 members of the Infidels Motorcycle Club working in Gaza" www.bbc.com/news/article...

“It’s time for the Pentagon to cut its losses and phase out the program now, before we waste billions of additional taxpayer dollars on a flawed plane that spends almost half its time in the hangar getting repaired” responsiblestatecraft.org/f35-gao/

Federal appeal case has started for US private military contractor CACI ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Despite the genocide in Gaza, Israel’s state-owned arms company Rafael is still very welcome in England to tout its weaponry at DSEI arms fair www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

U.S. Africa Command has launched more air strikes in Somalia this year (72) than in any year in its nearly 20-year history. www.stripes.com/theaters/afr...

Spain bans Israel-bound weapons ships and planes over Gaza www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Historic peace vigil partially dismantled after Trump orders: ‘Take it down’ wapo.st/3IdOFvn

How Israel’s arms exports have made it sanctions-proof Israel gains diplomatic insurance by supplying weapons crucial to Europe’s defence www.economist.com/internationa...

Ukraine’s TB-2 Bayraktar Drones Are Striking Russian Forces Again After Long Hiatus www.twz.com/air/ukraines...

Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

🚨🚨“We are therefore ready to move ahead towards negotiations.” #CCWUN closes with a joint statement from 42 states affirming that the Chair’s rolling text discussed this week can form the basis of treaty negotiations on #KillerRobots.

Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians A current DoD official and many military legal experts say the U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean near Venezuela broke international law. theintercept.com/2025/09/05/p...

ICYMI: In @justsecurity.org I analyze some of the legal issues raised by the extraordinary U.S. lethal strike on a vessel in the Caribbean. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...

📽️ Did you miss this webinar? Watch the launch of a new report by Laura Bruun and Marta Bo on ‘Bias in Military #AI and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law’. 📕 Read the report ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/NLW... Watch the recording ⬇️ youtu.be/RDmFudu0oiQ?...

NEW REPORT: How the UK arms and supports Israel's genocide in Gaza. The UK is deeply complicit in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza: through arms sales, RAF reconnaissance flights over Gaza, training of Israeli soldiers, and other forms of military cooperation. caat.org.uk/publications...

Exclusive: Trump to reinterpret 1987 missile treaty to sell heavy attack drones abroad www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has emerged as another user of the United Arab Emirates-built MCAV-20 armoured vehicle www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-la...

Hensoldt South Africa signs major deal to enhance Saudi Arabia’s EW capabilities www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/ind...

With a value of 55.5 million euros Serbia exported more ammunition to Israel in the first half of 2025 than the whole of 2024. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... [paywall]

Pentagon cuts back F-35 upgrades to slow schedule slips “After nearly 20 years of aircraft production, however, the F-35 program continues to overpromise and underdeliver.” www.defensenews.com/air/2025/09/...

As diplomats gather at @ungeneva.bsky.social, #AI kills on today’s battlefields - from Gaza to Ukraine. Words aren’t enough. We need a legally binding treaty to #StopKillerRobots. Watch the #CCWUN meeting live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13... #StopKillerRobots