Biological and Chemical Weapons

WASHINGTON — The British and French governments have asked the United Nations to investigate what they believe is credible evidence that the Syrian regime has used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent months, officials said Thursday. The...

WASHINGTON -- Just two days after the Boston bombings, reports of letters possibly laced with poison and suspicious packages in government buildings set the nation’s capital on edge Wednesday and resurrected memories of the jittery weeks after the...

WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday he is renewing efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and will search for members of Congress to help him get it done. “I’m going to go back at this,” Obama...

WASHINGTON — The White House is considering providing weapons to the Syrian rebels, officials said Tuesday, but no decision is imminent and President Obama seemed to soften his public threats to the Syrian government over its alleged use of chemical...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama softened his threat to Syria over its possible use of chemical weapons, telling reporters that if conclusive proof of such activity emerges, he “would rethink a range” of retaliatory options that might not include...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces may or may not make the situation better -- but certainly could make things worse. This assessment could change, of course....

Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...

* Syria says another possible chemical attack in Saraqeb * U.N. wants to investigate attacks in Aleppo and Homs * Obama says chemical weapons used, but details not known By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (Reuters) - Syria urged the United...

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said there was evidence that chemical weapons were used inside Syria but questions remained about their use. Again calling it a "game changer," Obama told reporters that what was still...

* 13 killed, 70 wounded in blast - state TV * Both sides trade blame for new alleged poison attack * Iran says chemical weapons use a "red line" By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, April 30 (Reuters) - A bomb blast in the government-held centre of Damascus...

Having vowed that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would cross a U.S. "red line" and provoke a strong American response "with enormous consequences," President Barack Obama now finds himself under increasing pressure to act, following reports by U.S....

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama underscored U.S. concerns about Syrian chemical weapons in a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the White House said. The United States is trying to determine the...