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Russia casts veto preventing UN probe into Syria chemical attacks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Russia on Tuesday cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council, preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in the attack on Syria's rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
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North Korean missiles lack potential to 'directly threaten American or Jap
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], September 19 (ANI): United States Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said that America has many military options that will completely remove the threat posed by North Korea and also save Seoul from a brutal counterattack, but Pyongyang missiles lack the potential to 'd
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Syria has not used chemical weapons since April: Pentagon
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 23 (ANI): Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, on Sunday, said the Syrian Government forces have not used chemical weapons since April.
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India calls for a world free of chemical weapons
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], July 14 (ANI): India on Thursday condemned chemical attack in Syria and called for a world free of chemical weapons.
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MEA rubbishes usage of chemical weapon in J-K
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Ministry of External affairs on Thursday rubbished claims of Pakistan media hinting use of chemical weapons in Kashmir.
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Sarin Gas was used in Syria attack: US report to UN
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 30 (ANI): The U.S. State Department has criticised the Syrian government as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concluded that 'Sarin', a banned nerve gas, was used in April 4 aerial attack in northern Syria's Idlib province that kill
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U.S. sanctions ISIS leaders involved in chemical weapons development
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 13 (ANI): The United States has announced sanctions on two Islamic State (IS) chemical weapons experts, in the first such effort to specifically target the terrorist group's chemical weapons leadership.
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ISIS consolidating chemical weapons, warn U.S. officials
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.], May 18 (ANI): In an alarming report, a United States intelligence official informed that ISIS maybe bringing together Iraqi and Syrian experts on chemical weapons into a 'chemical weapon cell.'
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U.S. sanctions Syrian research employees over developing 'chemical we
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 25 (ANI): The United States has declared to pursue anyone connected to the use of chemical weapons in Syria and also threatened to shut down their financial networks.
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Syria still has chemical weapons: U.S. defence secy
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 22 (ANI): The Syrian Government has retained an unspecified amount of chemical weapons and dispersed its aircraft after a U.S. cruise-missile attack this month, United States Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday.
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Pakistan using chemical weapons in Balochistan, Pashtunistan: Pashtun Act
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Apr. 14 (ANI): Hailing U.S. government's move of bombarding the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province central to ISIS, Pashtun activist Umar Daud Khattak on Friday requested President Donald Trump to bombard Pakistan as well and free the people fro
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Chemical attack 'fabricated' as 'pretext' to justify U
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 13 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed Thursday that the alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun was a "fabrication" to justify the U.S. missile strike.
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