May have traded weapons with Syria and Myanmar.

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Under the Radar

The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington’s envoy to Israel says.

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US strike plan on Iran ‘ready’

Kodak — the company known for decades for its cameras and film — this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.

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Kodak lab had weapons-grade uranium

RICHMOND — Guns, gays and organized labor. Three outspoken champions of these hot-button issues in Virginia were on the list of people the General Assembly planned to appoint as judges this week. The gun-rights guy, a former Republican state delegate who has pushed for lifting restrictions on concealed weapons in public buildings, got his judgeship. So did the pro-union Democrat, another former delegate, whose grandfather organized coal miners in Southwest Virginia. Read full article > >

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Virginia General Assembly rejects openly gay prosecutor for Richmond judgeship

The US partially resumes sales of weapons to Bahrain, but says it is excluding equipment that can be used to suppress protests.

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US resumes arms sales to Bahrain

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speeches and interviews during her recent whirlwind, three-day visit to India offer quite a few lessons. Take, for example, her handling of the effort to get India to reduce — if not eliminate — its purchases of crude oil from Iran. The idea, of course, is to strengthen the sanctions against Iran in hopes of preventing Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. Read full article > >

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Clinton engaging on the world stage

The Obama administration is crafting a proposal that could make it easier to export firearms and other weapons to certain countries in an effort to boost sales for U.S. companies, increase trade and improve national security, according to senior government officials. Read full article > >

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Obama plan would ease weapons export rules

After a man was killed and two other people injured in separate attacks in the District’s Petworth neighborhood this week — each victim apparently chosen at random and struck on the head with a weapon — police saturated the area Thursday night with officers in plainclothes and unmarked cars. They feared a serial assailant was at large. Read full article > >

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Brother of two NFL players arrested in Petworth hammer attack

The head of the Israeli military says he does not think Iran will develop nuclear weapons, partly because international pressure is bearing fruit.

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Iran ‘not building nuclear bomb’

Weapons collector killed, several others wounded.

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Grenade Explodes in Paris Office

Violence continues in Syria despite a UN-backed deadline for a complete withdrawal of troops and weapons coming into effect.

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Clashes blight Syria peace hopes

Police said Friday that they believe they've found a gun that matches the serial number of a weapon purchased by One Goh, the man charged with fatally shooting seven people at Oikos University, a small school in Oakland, California.

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Police: Gun from college shooting found

Tuareg rebels in Mali attack the strategic northern garrison town of Gao with heavy weapons, hours after another town, Kidal, fell to their control.

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Rebel assault on key Mali town

Police in France have arrested 19 suspected Islamist militants and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids, President Nicolas Sarkozy says.

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VIDEO: France arrests 19 in dawn raids

As he struggles to find a balance between being an underdog and an embittered also-ran, Rick Santorum has been trying to modulate the fiery language that has been a potent campaign weapon.

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Santorum Tones Down Attacks