There isn't yet current proof that Tehran is developing or possesses such weapons. Iran is interested in chemical and biological weapons and has made some inquiries regarding the process of acquiring ...

FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the Kremlin, MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia supports a call ...

A joint hazard assessment team member takes hazmat readings in a simulated hot zone during Kauai County Exercise 2017 at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, on Aug. 29, 2017. (Hawaii ...

The investment in Biopreparat reflected a Soviet calculus that biological agents could provide asymmetrical leverage against the West. In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a ...

This month, three Chinese nationals were charged with smuggling biological agents into the United States. The attempts could be part of a biological weapons attack on America's farms and ranches. On ...

The world is a safer place thanks to the effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The convention, which was opened for signature in 1972, prohibits the ...

This report offers a summary of the presentations from an international workshop, Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, held October 31 - November 3 ...

1940 The Japanese biological weapons complex Ping Fan begins operations. It employs some 3,000 personnel under Ishii's direction, working on a wide variety of biological agents, including bacteria ...