A former US State Department inspector general confirms he was probing the declaration of an “emergency” to justify the controversial sales of eight billion dollars’ worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia when he was fired last month.

Boris Johnson is under pressure to stop selling arms to the US which uses them to suppress the protests across the United States over police brutality against African Americans.

The US State Department has approved the sale of Patriot missiles and other equipment worth $1.4 billion to Kuwait.

The US “does business with despotic regimes" because they serve Washington’s interests, says an analyst.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered officials at the department under his watch to find a way to justify and expedite the $8 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, CNN reports.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says Saudi Arabia was the world’s largest arms importer over the past five years.

The study shows Riyadh accounted for 12 percent of global arms imports from 2015 to 2019.

Saudi Arabia, which is in the midst of a bloody war on Yemen, urges Germany to lift its ban on arms exports to the kingdom.

A new SIPRI report says arms sales rose by nearly five percent worldwide in 2018 in a market dominated by the US.

A German court has annulled a de facto export ban that prevented exporting armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia.