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White House says US has destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile

Process was carried out in accordance with Chemical Weapons Convention

The Independent UK

The world is officially 'free' of chemical weapons. Here's what that means

The U.S. has destroyed the last of its stockpile of sarin nerve agent, fulfilling a decades-old obligation.

WEKU

US destroys last of its declared chemical weapons

Top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell calls chemical weapons a ‘stain on history’ and welcomes their destruction.

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US has destroyed all its chemical weapons: Biden

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, fulfilling a commitment under the three-decade-old Chemical Weapons Convention.

Bangkok Post

U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says

The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I

The Independent UK

US military destroys last of huge chemical weapons arsenal

Workers at Blue Grass army depot in Kentucky destroy rockets filled with sarin – last of US’s declared chemical weapons

The Guardian - US

Global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to back Syrian claim of 2017 gas attack

The global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces were attacked using toxic gas in 2017

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Russian Chemical Warfare Fail: Gas Attack Blows Back In Battle With Ukraine

Wind reverses Russian attack as Ukrainian military documents use of banned weapons

Zenger

Weapons expert banned from government event for criticising Tories launches legal action

Exclusive: Dan Kaszeta argues policy seeing civil servants trawl social media for government criticism is unlawful

The Independent UK

New GOP target: Is war with Mexico next?

House Republicans recently advanced a bill to categorize fentanyl as an internationally recognized chemical weapon

Salon

UN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in Iraq

U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014

The Independent UK

Disposal of last chemical munition is expected this summer in Madison County

The destruction of chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County is in the home stretch. If all goes according to schedule, the last nerve agent rocket will be destroyed by August.

WEKU

'Godfather' of AI Professor Yoshua Bengio feels 'lost' as experts warn it could wipe out the human race

The new statement warns of a deeper concern, saying AI could be used to develop new chemical weapons

Wales Online

Expert banned from UK government event for tweets that criticised Tories

Dan Kaszeta is one of at least eight speakers banned by opaque vetting scheme in ‘attack on free speech’

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French foreign minister Colonna calls for Syria's al-Assad to be put on trial

France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Tuesday called for the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to be prosecuted for ordering the use of chemical weapons and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians during the country's civil war.

France 24

Syria's Assad 'creates a problem but presents himself as a solution,' analyst says

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been shunned internationally for over a decade, due to the brutal repression of anti-government protesters and the use of chemical weapons by his regime during the country's civil war. Despite numerous reported atrocities, the leader has clung onto power with the sole support of two…

Al Jazeera

Are killer robots the future of war?

They could transform the battlefield but is the world ready for machines that decide who to kill? No, say many nations.

The Independent UK

Fears over Russia using chemical weapons if Ukraine counter-offensive succeeds

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the UK is ‘very much on our guard about what happens next’.

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Reuters

Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold

President Bashar al-Assad always saw time as an ally in Syria's civil war, alongside the Russian and Iranian firepower he turned on his foes, sources familiar with his thinking say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Warns Assad: No Impunity for Users of Chemical Weapons

The United States slammed on Friday the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that it will hold him to account for the chemical attacks it had launched during the conflict that erupted in 2011. “In January, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found the Assad regime responsible…

France 24

No, these videos do not prove the Ukrainian army is using chemical weapons

Videos purporting to show the Ukrainian army making or using chemical weapons keep surfacing on pro-Russian accounts. We debunk two of them in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: US shouldn’t let Bashar Assad leverage earthquake relief for his personal gain

For the past decade, Syrian kleptocrat and dictator Bashar Assad has seen himself ostracized by much of the world. In areas controlled by his regime, he used torture to sow terror in the hearts of the Syrian people through the Mukhabarat, a network of intelligence services. In opposition-held areas, he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow Accuses US of Preparing 'Toxic Chemicals' Provocation in Ukraine

The United States is planning a provocation in Ukraine using toxic chemicals, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry cited former US ambassador to Russia John Sullivan as saying that "Russian troops plan to use chemical weapons in the special military operation area." "We regard this information as…

Reuters

Without giving evidence, Russia says it probes Ukraine use of chemical weapons

Russia's state Investigative Committee said on Monday it was examining the alleged use of chemical weapons by Ukrainian forces near the eastern Ukrainian towns of Soledar and Bakhmut.

The Independent UK

Syria blasts chemical watchdog report on 2018 attack

Syria has dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog's statement that investigators found “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas on the city of Douma in 2018

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