Chemical Attacks

A 19-year-old Austrian terrorism suspect had taken concrete steps in planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert, with chemical substances found during a search of his residence, Austria's general director for public security said.

Two men on a bike threw a chemical substance on a 26-year-old woman to steal her laptop in Maharashtra's Thane on Saturday, police said.

British police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who injured several people by throwing a corrosive chemical on them, with political attention focusing on his status as someone who had been granted asylum after a conviction for sexual assault.

A 16-year-old boy was detained today for allegedly throwing caustic soda mixed in water at a girl in north Delhi's Burari, the police said.

A chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted "by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran," the Pentagon said in a statement.

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes over chemical attacks in 2013, plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.

The US Justice Department took aim at the four sons of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and their Chinese chemical suppliers Friday in a new crackdown on deadly fentanyl.

E-commerce giant Flipkart on Monday responded to the Delhi Police inquiry and said that the acid seller is an Agra-based company.

The three men accused of throwing acid on a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Delhi, leaving her in a critical state in hospital, ordered the chemical on online shopping site Flipkart.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "madness" Tuesday after Russian troops hit a chemical plant in their bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city.

A UK minister warned Tuesday any use of chemical weapons by Russia in its attacks on Ukraine "will get a response and all options are on the table".

Britain is trying to verify reports that Russia has used chemical weapons in an attack on the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, London's top diplomat said on Monday.

Russia may be trying to create a pretext for the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by accusing the US and its allies of preparing such an attack, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.

NATO is worried Russia is gearing up to carry out a chemical attack in Ukraine, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, ahead of a meeting of the alliance's defence ministers.

Britain's Defence Ministry said in a tweet on Monday that Russia could be planning to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine in response to a staged fake attack on Russian troops.

A 19-year-old Austrian terrorism suspect had taken concrete steps in planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert, with chemical substances found during a search of his residence, Austria's general director for public security said.

Two men on a bike threw a chemical substance on a 26-year-old woman to steal her laptop in Maharashtra's Thane on Saturday, police said.

British police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who injured several people by throwing a corrosive chemical on them, with political attention focusing on his status as someone who had been granted asylum after a conviction for sexual assault.

A 16-year-old boy was detained today for allegedly throwing caustic soda mixed in water at a girl in north Delhi's Burari, the police said.

A chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted "by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran," the Pentagon said in a statement.

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes over chemical attacks in 2013, plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.

The US Justice Department took aim at the four sons of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and their Chinese chemical suppliers Friday in a new crackdown on deadly fentanyl.

E-commerce giant Flipkart on Monday responded to the Delhi Police inquiry and said that the acid seller is an Agra-based company.

The three men accused of throwing acid on a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Delhi, leaving her in a critical state in hospital, ordered the chemical on online shopping site Flipkart.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "madness" Tuesday after Russian troops hit a chemical plant in their bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city.

A UK minister warned Tuesday any use of chemical weapons by Russia in its attacks on Ukraine "will get a response and all options are on the table".

Britain is trying to verify reports that Russia has used chemical weapons in an attack on the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, London's top diplomat said on Monday.

Russia may be trying to create a pretext for the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by accusing the US and its allies of preparing such an attack, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.

NATO is worried Russia is gearing up to carry out a chemical attack in Ukraine, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, ahead of a meeting of the alliance's defence ministers.

Britain's Defence Ministry said in a tweet on Monday that Russia could be planning to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine in response to a staged fake attack on Russian troops.