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The US military dropped off its last batch of artillery shells carrying deadly VX nerve agent to be destroyed
VX is a highly lethal and persistent nerve agent that has been banned by the Chemical Weapons Conve…
Ryan Pickrell
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'Of course' the US should respond with force if Russia uses nukes or chemical weapons in Ukraine, former US ambassador to NATO says
"We can't stand by as Russia decides that it's going to use chemical warfare...or a nuclear weapon,…
John Haltiwanger
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A woman tried to buy a chemical weapon from an undercover FBI agent on the dark web and have it sent to North Dakota
Sijie Liu, of Winnipeg, placed an order for 10 millilitres of a toxin. She pleaded guilty to a char…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Here's what happens to the thousands of weapons the US military seizes from smugglers and gunrunners
Western militaries are regularly intercepting small boats trying to transfer guns, ammunition, and …
Jake Epstein
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All the weapons and ammunition the US has sent to Ukraine since Russia's invasion
All the weapons the US has sent Ukraine since Russia invaded last year total $43.8 billion worth of…
Charles R. Davis
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Horrific World War II bunker where Japanese scientists experimented on prisoners with biological weapons, found by archaeologists, report says
Japanese scientists exposed prisoners in occupied China to pathogens and dissected them to learn ab…
Alia Shoaib
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Russia has been accused of attacking Ukraine with deadly vacuum bombs. Here is how these brutal weapons work.
Overpressure from the blast creates disruptions in air spaces in the body's lung, ears, and intesti…
Abbie Shull,Allana Akhtar
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Medieval ceramic vessel found in Jerusalem offers potential evidence of Crusader knights using hand grenades, study finds
A vessel discovered in Jerusalem indicates the Crusaders were armed with grenades packed with plant…
Joshua Zitser
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Marine veteran who boasted about assaulting police officers with chemical spray on Jan. 6 is sentenced to more than 5 years
Daniel Caldwell offered a tearful apology in court on Wednesday but that didn't stop a judge from h…
Erin Snodgrass
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Kalashnikovs to quadcopter drones - Russian reservists are back in boot camp to master weapon skills
Russian citizens called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilisation have begun intensive co…
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CIA director warns Putin's 'desperation' over Russia's failures in Ukraine could lead him to use nukes
"None of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or …
John Haltiwanger
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Zelenskyy says the world must 'be ready' for Russia to attack Ukraine with tactical nukes
NATO has accused Russia of "nuclear saber-rattling" after the Kremlin said it would use nukes if it…
Jake Epstein,Julie Coleman
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Ron Klain says Putin using a nuclear weapon is 'not impossible to imagine' and Biden is preparing for the possibility, book
Biden is "'very focused on being prepared in case Putin does it, and trying to figure out what we c…
Nicole Gaudiano,John Haltiwan…
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Fallout from a Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine could drift into NATO countries and be considered an attack, says head of US Senate Armed Services Committee
According to the alliance's defensive pact, an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on all its me…
Matthew Loh
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An expert warns about reports of Russia using white phosphorus weapons in Ukraine: 'This is part of the horror of war'
"I don't know why we'd expect [Russia] to do anything different if they're not achieving their obje…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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NATO chief tells Putin to stop 'nuclear saber-rattling' after Kremlin spokesperson wouldn't rule out using nukes
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier that Russia would only use nuclear weapons if its v…
Jake Epstein
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UNSC calls for an emergency meeting after US accused of funding bio weapons in Ukraine
The UN Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on Friday on the request of the Russi…
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Warren Buffett says nuclear weapons pose the ultimate threat to humanity. Here are his 7 gravest warnings about them.
The famed investor has warned a nuclear attack is inevitable, and poses the greatest danger to his …
Theron Mohamed
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What do you do when your country tortures you? Syrian refugees are finding a landmark pathway to justice in German courts.
Former Syrian intelligence officers were convicted in a landmark war-crimes case in Germany. Former…
Charles Davis,Insider staff
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Turkey may have used chemical weapons on the Kurdish civilians Trump left vulnerable
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, S…