Nerve Agents

No, President Trump, the KGB Is Not ‘Fine’

A quarter-century ago, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the longtime Democratic U.S. senator from New York, caused a stir by coining an instantly memorable …

England's new hero Maguire finds the target as 'keeper Pickford helps the Three Lions to victory

Cry Harry and Saint Jord! England's new hero Maguire finds the target as 'keeper Pickford helps the Three Lions to victory against Sweden<p><b>Harry</b> …

Police officer seeks treatment after Amesbury nerve agent attack

A police officer is being taken to a hospital in Salisbury in connection with the Amesbury nerve agent attack.<p><b>More follows...</b><p>Top Stories<p>England into …

Homeless mum exposed to Novichok ‘deprived of care as she’s a nobody alcoholic’

A woman exposed to Novichok in Salisbury is being deprived of care because she is a ‘nobody alcoholic’, it has been claimed.<p>The mother of victim Dawn …

Milind Soman and Ankita Konwar's surreal photoshoot is going viral. See pic

Novichok victim's son forced to wear protective gloves to hold her hand and stroke her hair

Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess suffered a heart attack and may be left brain damaged if she survives her ordeal, her heartbroken son reveals today.<p>His …

'I can now go to my grave happy': fans at home and in Russia in raptures as England reaches the semi-finals

Football might just be coming home. Even Prince William thinks so. A young, unfancied England team reached the semi-final of the World Cup yesterday, with a two-nil victory that sent a nation into a collective frenzy.<p>At the final whistle, Gareth Southgate, normally mild-mannered, walked on to the …

Novichok victims Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley 'picked up the nerve agent vial from a park drug den'

NOVICHOK victims Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley picked up the nerve agent vial from a park drug den, a neighbour says.<p>Tom Ricks said dealers often …

Not coming home – yet: England fans stunned to still be in Russia

The atmosphere in the Samara Arena for most of Saturday’s quarter-final was strangely flat: this did not feel like a historic moment, at stake for both teams a place in the first semi-final for more than two decades.<p>After the pulsating ambience of the last-16 game against Colombia on Tuesday, where …

England set up Croatia World Cup semi as Russia crash out

England reached their first World Cup semi-final since 1990 on Saturday, comfortably beating Sweden to set up a last-four clash against Croatia, who …

Tokyo Risk Report

Security information<p><b>Threat level:</b> Low<br>Whilst Tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world, it has had its security issues and is prone to natural …

Novichok fear sends chill through Salisbury’s homeless

Forensic investigations continue, and police are trawling through 1,300 hours of CCTV footage<p>Some might say this is a genteel, picture-postcard sort of place but we have the same challenges as other urban areas Matthew Dean, Salisbury council leader<p>A short walk from Salisbury’s medieval cathedral …

Syrian rebels agree to surrender to Assad in the south

The rebels had agreed to hand over heavy and medium weapons in all the towns and cities included in the surrender deal.

OPCW

The latest news and comment on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons<p>April 2018<p>Summons says firms sent 168 tonnes of isopropanol, which can be used to make sarin, to Syria<p>Published: 18 Apr 2018<p>Questions asked about how Russia was able to take sympathetic journalists to Douma while …

Buffon signs for Paris Saint-Germain

Juventus icon Gianluigi Buffon has agreed to prolong his career by joining Paris Saint-Germain

5 shots from World Cup days 23: Euphoric French await the president

France gets presidential attention after chewing up Uruguay and making it to the semi-final, Belgium may hope to exorcise some ghosts after sending …

A Week After Novichok Exposure, 2 Britons’ Lives Hang in the Balance

LONDON — Two British citizens remained in critical condition on Saturday, breathing with the assistance of ventilators and surrounded by the world’s leading experts on Novichok poisoning, their odds of survival being closely tracked by Britain and Russia.<p>The couple, Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie …

UK misses Nato deadline for completing defence review

The government has failed to complete a review of British defence forces in time for next week’s Nato summit, according to Whitehall sources.<p>Theresa May had been expected to present detailed proposals for the modernisation of the army, navy and airforce at the Brussels summit.<p>But, caught up in a …

Theresa May suggests the Royal Family and ministers 'could go to Russia if England reach World Cup final'

THERESA May has indicated the boycott on Ministers and royal family members attending the World Cup in Russia could be eased if England reach the …

World Cup 2018: Rio Ferdinand meets Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin amid UK Novichok crisis

RIO FERDINAND has met with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin amid the Novichok crisis home in the UK.<p>The ex-England legend, 39, was …

Russia's kill squad in Britain really messed up this time

"Don't wait for the translation — yes or no!"<p>Russia will soon face a repeat of that October 1962 moment when then-U.S. Ambassador to the United …

Japan Just Executed the Leaders of an LSD-Fueled Doomsday Science Cult

The wild story of Aum Shinrikyo, a religious cult steeped in science and high technology that carried out a deadly sarin attack in Tokyo in 1995.<p>On March 20, 1995, two physicists, an artificial intelligence researcher, an engineer, and a heart doctor entered the Tokyo subway system at the peak of …

Macron to attend World Cup semi-final, despite British boycott

President Emmanuel Macron will attend France’s World Cup semi-final in Russia, his office confirmed Friday, as ally Britain pursues a diplomatic …

Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4

“What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.<p>For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven other Republican lawmakers posing for propaganda photos with Russian officials. On the same day …

Senators criticized for spending July 4 in Russia

WASHINGTON —<p>Republican lawmakers who went to Russia seeking a thaw in relations received an icy reception from Democrats and Kremlin watchers for …

Man shot dead by sons for having illicit affair with daughter-in-law in Muzaffarnagar

By PTI<p>MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 60-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by his two sons for having an illicit affair with his daughter-in-law in Sikanderpur …

Japan hangs 7 cult members for subway attack | Reuters.com

Japan executes the former leader of doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo and six other members of the group, which carried out a sarin attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. The incident killed 13 people and shattered the country's myth of public safety.<p>▲ Hide Transcript<p>▶ View Transcript<p>Japan executes the …

Russia Was My Obscure Interest. Now Everyone Is Paying Attention.

Russia has been in the news a lot lately. You may have noticed. It invaded Ukraine, doped the Russian Olympic team, meddled in the American elections and apparently released a deadly nerve agent in the English countryside. On top of all that, it seems to have cast a spell on our otherwise …

UK police say Novichok poisoning investigation will take months | Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday that police activity related to the nerve agent poisoning in southern England will last for months, adding that they remain focused on trying to find the source of contamination.<p>A forensic investigator, wearing a protective suit, emerges from the …

'No nerve agents used' in deadly eastern Ghouta strikes, OPCW inspectors say

At least 70 people were killed and 500 more injured in <b>attacks on Douma in eastern Ghouta in early April</b>, which led to accusations that the Syrian …