The Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that Dutch company, Otjiaha B.V., previously called Melchemie, is not liable for supplying Iraq with mustard gas in the 1980s. Five Iranian nationals have sued the co...

Across borders, ports, and emergency response services, preparedness for chemical incidents depends on trained personnel and strong coordination. Through a joint OPCW-Brazil training programme, partic...

Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.

AI employees are raising concerns about an extinction-level event. But there’s a more immediate threat.

Allegations of chemical-weapons use by Sudan’s army, alongside regional military and diplomatic support, raise questions about whether accountability is being applied consistently in the country’s war...

How exactly is AI supposed to kill us all?

Investigation in Canada has uncovered allegations involving a 24-year-old Quebec City Muslim man & preparations for deadly consequences

The NCCIA said in a statement that the suspect was influenced by the popular US television series Breaking Bad and had asked various AI chatbots for information on how to produce methanol.

Castor bean (Ricinus communis) poisoning is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening toxicological emergency, particularly in children. No specific antidote exists, and treatment remains primarily...

THE OATH ACT: A DAV-backed bill that would help secure benefits justice for veterans of covert operations like the Edgewood Arsenal human experiments of the Cold War era.

A recent argument that biodefense must be regarded as an integral component of military force protection rather than merely as a public-health contingency is both timely and important.

Damascus, Sept. 24 (SANA) Syria is working with international inspectors to destroy previously undeclared chemical weapons left by the ousted regime while

A 67-year-old Dallas man was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison Wednesday for mailing letters filled with fake biological weapons to federal courthouses and officials.

The Trump and Xi summit today may offer an opportunity to begin filling the leadership vacuum on AI advances, especially with respect to bioweapons. If the reports from AI companies are correct, it’s ...

Houthi escalation in Yemen 'very dangerous', UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric tells The National in interview ahead of General Assembly

On the afternoon of September 23, a signing ceremony for a limited-scope project agreement with the United States took place at the Ministry of National Defence headquarters in Hanoi. This agreement a...

Russian state-controlled media outlet RT amplified comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggesting that Germany failed to provide evidence supporting its conclusion that Russian oppositi...

In the wake of publication of US Army Biodefence Strategy 2026, here is a review of the threat panorama with respect to India and India's Response paradigm.

Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School released a report Wednesday documenting 23 verified incidents of Israeli use of white phosphorus munitions in....

Of all the threats presented by uncontrollable artificial intelligence, scientists say death by plague ranks low.

Scientists showed recently that AI can be used to produce novel viruses. We need to build a layered system of defense before AI-enabled bioweapons capabilities become undeniably advanced—or worse, dem...

The half-century of development and growth (September 21, 1976 - September 21, 2026) of the Chemical Warfare Officer School has been built upon the intellect, courage, and dedication of many generatio...

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Hongwen at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a portable surface-enhanced Raman s...

The first of six parts on the biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantling a biological...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to design viruses that fight disease. But a new report shows the same tools have been used to plan bioweapons. The line between the two is thin

India now needs a unified chemical governance architecture that harmonises definitions, reporting thresholds, safety norms and enforcement mechanisms.

At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or ​place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.

In August 2026, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) verified the irreversible destruction of 42 Syrian aerial bombs. This was the first OPCW-confirmed destruction of chemic...

DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities on Saturday said they arrested a general who served under the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, saying he led operations ag

The predominantly Sudanese protesters gathered included women & some children, with demonstrators holding placards highlighting the harm inflicted on civilians.

HASTING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Hastings man faces potential prison time for possessing a deadly poison that caus...

KAMPALA — Sudanese sources have expressed fears that Sudanese army forces, along with their Islamist allies and armed movements, could

By Aayushi Sharma and Ajey Lele

Amid mounting concern about how artificial intelligence could do us harm, here’s what worries me the most.

A new five-year biotech plan has been released by the Chinese government, revealing ambitious goals such as achieving five blockbuster medicines on the global markets in that time.

The US is working on rules for pharmaceutical companies investing in China that would likely preserve their ability to strike most licensing deals for Chinese drugs, according to three people who have...

26.02.2025/Kiel. The south-western Baltic Sea has about 3,000 kilograms of dissolved toxic chemicals released from unexploded ordnance, according to a new study by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocea...

Cook Islands has joined States Parties from across Asia to strengthen regional cooperation in support of the Chemical Weapons Convention.