consilium.europa

Chemical weapons: EU imposes further restrictive measures on ten individuals and one entity

The Council today decided to impose additional restrictive measures in view of the continued threat posed by the proliferation and use of chemical weapons. The EU remains fully committed to counter ...
Gulf News

Chemical weapons in Sudan: A conflict crossing the world’s red lines

International pressure grows over allegations of chlorine gas use by Sudanese army Over the past two years, a growing body of international reports and investigative journalism has raised serious ...
consilium.europa

Chemical weapons: Council renews restrictive measures for another year

Today, the Council decided to prolong the application of individual restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons by another year, until 16 October 2026. The sanctions ...
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsOpinion

Fentanyl is no WMD, but Trump’s Venezuela claims eerily echo Bush’s arguments for invading Iraq

If the Trump administration's increasingly belligerent rhetoric about Venezuela sounds familiar, it's because it is: The ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

What’s a chemical weapon? A global weapons treaty could use some clarity

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 ...
The Washington Post

Russia is using toxic chemical weapons, wrecking a ban it helped create

Russian troops march during the 2019 Victory Day military parade in Moscow's Red Square. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention was one of the most important disarmament ...
The New York Times

Inspectors Say More Than 100 Chemical Weapons Sites Could Remain in Syria

The number, far higher than any previous estimate, poses a test for the new government. Experts fear that sarin, chlorine and mustard gas stockpiles could be unsecured. By Megha Rajagopalan Megha ...
undispatch.com

The Ban on Chemical Weapons Hits a Diplomatic Snag

You could be forgiven for not knowing much about a recently concluded major international conference dedicated to the elimination of chemical weapons. As far as I can tell, precisely zero media ...
Jurist

US completes destruction of chemical weapons stockpile

The US has completed the destruction of its chemical weapons stockpile, according to an announcement made Friday by US President Joe Biden. The president said the end of the thirty-year process has ...
webtv.un.org

All Stakeholders Have a Role to Play in Ridding the World of Chemical Weapons

On 29 April this year, we marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and ...
The New York Times

U.S. Is Destroying the Last of Its Once-Vast Chemical Weapons Arsenal

Decades behind its initial schedule, the dangerous job of eliminating the world’s only remaining declared stockpile of lethal chemical munitions will be completed as soon as Friday. By Dave Philipps ...