Japan bans export of chemical weapons goods to Russia

Japan's government on Monday banned the export of materials that may be used for chemical weapons to 21 Russian organisations

Diplomacy by blackmail

Unlike the Cold War era when there were established mechanisms for talks, none exist now. Is the world becoming a more dangerous place?

Syria’s capacity as a potential crucible for the next world war has been far from exhausted.

Strikes were aimed at "chemical weapons infrastructure" in what US billed as a warning against Assad employing such weapons in future.

Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent in the English city of Salisbury on March 4.

UK and its allies say Russia was behind the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter, who remain in a critical condition in Salisbury.

Putin said, 'Russia does not possess such agents. We have destroyed all our chemical arsenals under control of international observers.'

Both the Syrian government and militants of the Islamic State are being blamed for using chemical weapons.

North Korea has been under UN sanctions since 2006 over its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.

Trump said the US has made 'tremendous strides' against the Islamic State terror group in Syria, Iraq and other locations.