After its independence, Israel assessed that its existence as a state was under perpetual threat and considered the development of chemical and nuclear weapons essential for its survival. One account ...

Last October, a video surfaced in the Kurdish news media showing what look to be soldiers on a rocky outcropping near the opening of a cave. One appears to insert some sort of rod into the opening ...

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you ...

Russia’s Deflections and Denials of Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine: Forty-one nations met in the Netherlands to discuss enforcing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international ban on ...

The countdown has begun for the upcoming conference, "30 Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges," scheduled to take place on October 5-6, 2023 in ...

The Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, met with ...

The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare” against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies. In a ...

US national security is enhanced by efforts to investigate the use of chemical weapons and prevent their proliferation. However, there are concerns about insufficient verification and enforcement in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The U.S. State Department has accused Russia of using chemical weapons ...

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has voluntarily contributed EUR 50,000 to the Trust Fund for Syria Missions and the Trust Fund for the ...

The Council today prolonged the application of the EU restrictive measures (sanctions) against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons imposed on 25 persons and 3 entities for an additional year ...