Chemical Weapon

NATO chief says Russia may use 'chemical weapons'

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said to a German paper that Russia is fabricating "lies" over bioweapon labs and itself "could plan chemical weapons operations."

New chemical weapons team to launch first Syria investigations

The team established by the global chemical weapons watchdog will investigate nine alleged attacks during the country's civil war.

North Korean leader's slain half-brother was CIA informant - report

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother Kim Jong-nam was a spy for American intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported, saying he was in Malaysia to meet his CIA handler in February 2017.

Skripal poisoning strained Russia-UK relations and affected Salisbury town

The poisoning of a former Russian double agent, Sergai Skripal, in the British city of Salisbury stunned the world this year.

UN war crimes team documents further Syrian regime use of banned chlorine

The three incidents in 2018 bring to 39 the number of chemical attacks documented by the team since 2013. Weaponising chlorine is prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention and international humanitarian law.

Chlorine gas but no nerve agent in Douma attack says chemical watchdog

Initial findings by the OPCW into a suspected chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma indicate that chlorine may have been used but that there were no indications that a nerve agent was used in the April 7 attack.

UK demands explanation from Russia after new nerve gas attack

Two Britons became critically ill after an apparently chance encounter with the poison near the site of the March attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal.

Chemical weapons body confirms sarin use in Syria's Hama

Two people died after the attacks in Syria's Hama province at the end of March 2017. Dozens of people suffered severe respiratory symptoms.

Chlorine likely used in February attack in Syria's Idlib: OPCW

At least 20 people were killed in the attack. The chemical weapons agency has not named a perpetrator, but witnesses say the chemicals were dropped on the rebel-held area from helicopters known to belong to the Syrian regime forces.

US says Russia 'may have tampered' with attack site in Syria

The comments came at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons meeting held at the Hague as the watchdog has started its investigation on the site of the attack in Syria's Douma.

Russia's UK diplomat expulsion 'doesn't change facts of matter' says May

Relations between London and Moscow have crashed to a post-Cold War low after an attack on an ex-Russian spy, the first known offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since World War Two.

Macron: "France will strike" if proven chemical bombs used in Syria

French President Emmanuel Macron says the use of chemical weapons in Syria a "red line", but notes he does not have proof they have been used by the Assad regime.