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| Apr.21 |
 Damascus |
Experts finally visit Douma site 
The Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have finally inspected the site of a suspected attack near Damascus
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| Apr.16 |
Damascus |
Syria chemical attack: Investigators allowed to visit site Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria will be permitted to visit the site of an alleged chemical attack on Wednesday
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| Apr.13 |
Damascus |
US and allies launch strikes on Syria chemical weapons sites The US, UK and France have bombed multiple government targets in Syria in an early morning operation targeting alleged chemical weapons sites
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| Apr.7 |
Syria |
At least 70 killed in suspected chemical attack in Douma Map of Douma Syria| At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta | |
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| Sep.3 |
South Korea |
S Korea holds drill simulating attack on nuclear site to warn North Korea
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UN Security Council |
Security Council calls emergency meeting after North Korea claims hydrogen bomb |
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| Sep.2 |
 North Korea |
North Korea claims hydrogen bomb test was 'perfect success' Map of Punggye-ri North Korea The bomb possibly triggering an artificial earthquake and prompting immediate condemnation from its neighbors
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| Aug.8 |
Washington |
Trump threatens N Korea after they have miniaturized a nuclear warhead
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| Apr.12 |
UN Security Council |
UN draft resolution on Syria attack: Vote fails with Russia veto
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| Apr.5 |
Northern Syria |
20 children and 52 adults killed in chemical attack Map of Khan Sheikhoun Idlib Syria| Aome of the victims had symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve agents. Clinics treating the injured were then targeted by air strikes | |
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| Feb.25 |
Malaysia |
Malaysia airport terminal declared safe |
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| Feb.23 |
Malaysia |
Kim Jong-nam 'killed by VX nerve agent
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| Sep.8 |
North Korea |
North Korea claims success in fifth nuclear test Map of Punggye-ri North Korea| North Korea announcement on state media came hours after a huge seismic event was detected near its nuclear test site | |
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| Sep.6 |
Aleppo |
Government helicopters 'drop chlorine' on Aleppo
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| Jan.5 |
North Korea |
Tremor detected near North Korea nuclear site |
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| Oct.3 |
Geneva |
MSF condemns Kunduz air strikes |
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| Aug.8 |
Japan |
Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb, 70 years on |
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| Aug.5 |
 Japan |
Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft
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| Jun.16 |
Moscow |
Putin says Russia to get 40 new intercontinental missiles this year |
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NATO |
Nato condemns Putin's nuclear 'sabre-rattling' |
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| Nov.19 |
North Korea |
North Korea responds to UN with nuclear test threat |
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| Jan.7 |
Northern Syria |
First chemical weapons leave Syria
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| Oct.31 |
Syria |
Syria met first weapons deadline: OPCW
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| Oct.11 |
Norway |
Weapons watchdog wins Nobel peace prize
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| Oct.6 |
Syria |
Syria chemical arms removal begins |
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| Sep.27 |
 UN Security Council |
UN adopts Syria chemical resolution The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a binding resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons
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| Sep.21 |
Syria |
Syria hands in chemical weapons data |
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| Sep.20 |
Hague |
Syria chemical weapons data assessed |
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Syria |
Syria submits 'initial disclosure' of chemical weapons program |
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| Sep.18 |
UN |
U.N. chemical weapons inspectors to return to Syria |
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| Sep.14 |
 Geneva |
US and Russia reach agreement in Syria weapons talks Secretary of State Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov have reached an agreement on a framework for securing Syria's chemical weapons
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| Sep.12 |
Geneva |
Tense talks in bid for Syria deal |
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Damascus |
Assad confirms chemical arms plan |
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| Sep.8 |
Paris |
Syria chemical arms: 'Global red line' crossed - Kerry |
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| Sep.1 |
Washington |
US 'has evidence of Syrian sarin use'
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| Aug.30 |
Washington |
Syria attack killed 1,429 - Kerry |
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| Aug.28 |
Washington |
Obama 'sure Syria behind attack'
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| Aug.24 |
Damascus |
MSF-backed hospitals treated Syria 'chemical victims' |
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| Aug.23 |
Washington |
Obama: Syria chemicals grave concern |
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| Aug.21 |
Damascus |
Syrian rebels allege chemical attack | Opposition groups claimed that hundreds were killed when the government used chemical agents in rebel strongholds in the Damascus countryside. Footage shows people carrying limp bodies, some haphazardly covered in sheets, others splayed, nearly nude, on the floor. The... | |
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| Jun.13 |
 Washington |
White House: Syria crosses 'red line' Syria used sarin gas, against rebels, a move that is prompting the U.S. to increase the 'scale and scope' of its support for the opposition
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| Jun.4 |
Paris |
Syrian regime 'used sarin' - France |
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| May.6 |
Syria |
Evidence Syria rebels 'used sarin'
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| Apr.25 |
Washington |
US suspects Syria of chemical attack US intelligence agencies believe 'with varying degrees of confidence' that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels
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| Apr.7 |
South Korea |
North Korea 'preparing nuclear test' |
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| Feb.11 |
North Korea |
North Korea confirms nuclear test Pyongyang said the underground test involved a 'miniaturised' nuclear device and was carried out in a 'safe and perfect manner'
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| Jan.23 |
North Korea |
North Korea 'plans nuclear test' |
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| Aug.20 |
Washington |
Obama warns Syria on chemical arms
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| Feb.24 |
Iran |
Inspectors: Iran boosting enrichment efforts |
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| Jan.28 |
Iran |
UN nuclear inspectors visit Iran
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| Dec.22 |
Washington |
Obama hails nuclear treaty vote |
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| Apr.12 |
Washington |
Ukraine to remove uranium stockpile |
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| Apr.6 |
Washington |
Obama limits US nuclear arms use |
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| Nov.29 |
Iran |
Iran authorizes 10 new nuke plants
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| Sep.24 |
UN Security Council |
Security Council aims for nuke-free world |
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| May.25 |
North Korea |
N. Korea conducted second nuclear test Map of Kilchu North Korea North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test at an underground facility near Kilchu
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| Jul.23 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan warns of nuclear arms race |
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| Jul.4 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf accused of N. Korea nuke deal |
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| Apr.24 |
Syria |
Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'
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| Feb.23 |
Northern Iraq |
PKK 'shoots down Turkish chopper' |
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| Feb.22 |
Iran |
Iran 'nuclear questions remain' |
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| Dec.3 |
Washington |
U.S.: Iran's nuclear weapons work halted A U.S. intelligence report: Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003
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| Sep.6 |
Syria |
Israeli airstrike targeted nuclear reactor New York Times: An airstrike targeted a partially built nuclear reactor that was years away from completion
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| Sep.2 |
Switzerland |
N. Korea agrees to close nuke facilities
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Iran |
Iran 'reaches nuclear target' |
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
U.N.: N. Korea reactor shut down |
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| Jul.14 |
North Korea |
N Korea 'closes nuclear reactor'
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| Jun.24 |
Baghdad |
'Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang
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| Apr.9 |
Iran |
Nuclear program stepped up
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| Mar.17 |
Sunni Triangle |
Gas attack makes hundreds ill
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| Feb.13 |
Beijing |
N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament
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| Feb.10 |
Germany |
Putin: U.S. force fostering nukes |
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| Oct.27 |
Iran |
Iran 'fires up nuclear processors' |
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| Oct.17 |
North Korea |
N. Korea may planning 2nd nuclear test |
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| Oct.13 |
Washington |
Evidence of radioactivity from N. Korea |
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| Oct.9 |
North Korea |
North Korea claims nuclear test | Official Korean Central News Agency: North Korea claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test. South Korean officials confirmed that North Korea performed its first nuclear test. The apparent test was conducted at 10:36 a.m. in Hwaderi near Kilju city. China was given a 20-minute war... | |
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| Aug.22 |
Baghdad |
Witness tells of chemical bombs |
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| Apr.11 |
 Iran |
Iran 'advances uranium program' Ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran has advanced its uranium enrichment program
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| Feb.13 |
Iran |
Iran restarts uranium work Iran has resumed uranium-enrichment work at its Natanz nuclear plant
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| Feb.4 |
Iran |
Iran to halt snap nuclear checks |
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| Dec.23 |
Netherlands |
15 years for chemicals-to-Iraq man |
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| Sep.5 |
Iran |
Nuclear weapons 'years away' |
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| Aug.10 |
Iran |
Iran breaks seals at nuclear plant |
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| Aug.8 |
Japan |
Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate |
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Iran |
Iran resumes uranium conversion
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| Aug.6 |
Japan |
Doves, silence for A-bomb victims |
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| Jun.15 |
UN |
Iran 'misled UN on nuclear work' |
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| May.2 |
UN |
Annan urges anti-nuclear effort |
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| Feb.19 |
North Korea |
N. Korea 'rejects nuclear talks' |
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| Feb.9 |
North Korea |
N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks North Korea publicly admitted for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and suspending participation in talks
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| Jan.12 |
Iraq |
U.S. ends search for WMD in Iraq
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| Nov.30 |
Iran |
Nuclear freeze 'temporary' |
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| Nov.22 |
Iran |
Iran to halt nuclear enrichment |
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| Nov.17 |
Moscow |
New missile systems tested |
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| Nov.15 |
Iran |
U.N.: No proof of Iran N-bomb work |
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| Oct.11 |
Iraq |
Nuclear assets 'vanish' |
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| May.17 |
Iraq |
Coalition forces find sarin gas device |
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| Feb.24 |
Beijing |
Mixed hopes at N. Korea nuke talks |
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| Feb.11 |
Washington |
Bush: WMD greatest threat to humanity |
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| Feb.4 |
London |
Blair 'unaware' of WMD threat |
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Pakistan |
Nuke chief apologizes |
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| Dec.19 |
 Libya |
Libya to dismantle WMD programs Bush, Blair: Gadhafi, had agreed to allow inspectors from international organizations to enter Libya
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| Nov.24 |
UN |
UN powers agree on Iran warning |
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| Oct.2 |
Washington |
WMD hunter reports on search |
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| Jul.18 |
England |
Missing Iraq 'mole': Body found
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| Jul.15 |
North Korea |
Enough plutonium to make 6 nukes
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| Mar.9 |
Iran |
'Extremely advanced' nuclear program |
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| Feb.5 |
North Korea |
N. Korea restarts nuke plant |
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| Jan.27 |
UN |
Blix: Baghdad doesn't accept disarmament |
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| Jan.16 |
Iraq |
U.N. finds empty warheads |
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| Jan.9 |
North Korea |
N. Korea pulls out of nuclear treaty
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
Nuclear inspectors expelled |
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| Dec.21 |
North Korea |
N Korea removes nuclear monitors |
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| Dec.12 |
North Korea |
N. Korea to reactivate nuke plants
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| Oct.27 |
Moscow |
Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid |
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| Oct.16 |
North Korea |
North Korea admits it has nuke program |
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| Sep.16 |
Baghdad |
Iraq agrees to weapons inspections |
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| Aug.1 |
Baghdad |
Iraq offers arms inspections talks |
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| May.13 |
Moscow |
Russia and US agree arms cuts |
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Micronesia |
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