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Saudi Arabia issues drone restrictions day after security forces shoot down device hovering over royal palace

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry on Sunday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king’s palace in Riyadh.

Saudi forces shoot down unidentified drone hovering over royal palaces; govt rules out security breach

Saudi forces on Saturday shot down an unidentified toy drone that hovered over a Riyadh neighbourhood home to royal palaces, state media said

Gunman kills two Saudi security forces, injures three at gate of Jeddah royal palace

Two Saudi guards were shot dead and three others injured on Saturday morning when a man drove up to the gate of the royal palace in Jeddah and began shooting

Paris attacks: Islamic State flag found near body of Algerian killed in Brussels raid

Two suspects were still at large after the gunbattle, which erupted as Belgian and French cops searched a house in connection with Islamic State's attack on Paris

Gunman, tackled on France train by three Americans, was on authorities' radar in 3 countries

The man, who boarded a high-speed Amsterdam-to-Paris train with a Kalashnikov rifle before being tackled by passengers, was on the radar of authorities in three countries, had ties to radical Islam and had traveled to Syria, authorities said.

France in shock after 'barbaric terrorist attack' on Charlie Hebdo office: President Hollande

Terming the deadly attack at the office of Charlie Hebdo in Central Paris as a 'terror attack', French President Francois Hollande has called an emergency meeting of the cabinet at 2pm (Paris time) to discuss the situation.

AK-47's to get makeover, to be called 'weapons of peace'

Kalashnikov assault rifles, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa, have been given a makeover and a new logo by its Russian manufacturer

Gunmen try to storm Libya army command, no casualties

Unidentified gunmen tried to storm into the Libyan army command headquarters in Tripoli on Thursday, clashing with soldiers there before stealing a few rifles and some vehicles, the army and a military source said.

From Sanjay Dutt to Arvind Kejriwal: The AK-47 fires on

The AK-47 is not just a gun. It's a cultural motif. That's why when a villain sports it in a Bollywood film it signifies something. And now its initials are part of the allure around a stormtrooper of Indian politics - Arvind Kejriwal.

Kalashnikov rifle to be mass produced for sport

A version of the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle will be mass-produced by Russian small-arms giant Izhmash for a sport called airsoft game in which participants fire spherical non-metallic pellets from replica firearms