In 1979, a deadly anthrax cloud swept over Sverdlovsk, killing dozens. This Soviet bio weapon leak remained hidden for years.

Despite 6 years of international negotiation, the United States has rejected a Protocol to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). The draft Protocol “will not enhance our confidence ...

The key chemical and biological weapons believed to have been stockpiled by Iraq can cause agonising death in the smallest doses. They are as follows: ANTHRAX: An acute infectious disease caused ...

Jason Kale Clampit was sentenced to eight years in prison for making ricin, a biological weapon favored by assassins and terrorists.

“This case involved an incredibly dangerous biological weapon,” said Clay Fowlkes, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. “The ricin in this case could have resulted in a ...

Efforts to strengthen implementation of the international treaty banning biological weapons have restarted after they collapsed in bitter disagreement in 2001. A meeting of experts in Geneva, running ...

BELGOROD, March 19. /TASS/. Rumors circulating on social media about alleged instances of biological weapons being used in the Belgorod Region are false, according to the press service of the ...

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their ...

A Winslow man was sentenced on Thursday in federal court after being arrested in 2024 for the possession or attempted manufacturing of the poison ricin, according to court documents.