A French journalist kidnapped while producing a television documentary about human trafficking in Somalia said he is "quite okay," and has been allowed to use a mobile phone to talk to his girlfriend ...

found him on the march" (quote attributed to a French soldier on the western front). But despite this, it's the machine-gun which remains the weapon which pervades in the public mind as the ...

Denmark's King Frederik X, 2nd left, stands next of machine-gun mounted on a military vehicle as he visit the KNDS site, a ...

For hundreds of years, the manufacture of small arms was relegated to highly specialized makers who handcrafted each component, resulting in variances that made every firearm unique. Starting in ...