The substance used on Sergei Skripal was an agent called BZ, according to Swiss state Spiez lab, the Russian foreign minister said. The toxin was never produced in Russia, but was in service in the US, UK, and other NATO states. Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent, and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with an incapacitating toxin known as …

Children suffering in war have become tools for the West, with Nikki Haley stating that Russia’s hands are “covered in their blood” in Syria. However, the US seems to not mind “collateral damage” in the wars it’s backing. Speaking at the UN Security Council meeting following an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the US ambassador said that “the Russian regime, …

While many Facebook users’ hearts skipped a beat when the company’s founder was testifying before the US Congress on the Cambridge Analytica case, Twitterians were laughing their heads off, wondering if Zuckerberg was human. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has testified before Congress over a data breach scandal: the Cambridge Analytica consultancy firm managed to obtain the social network users’ private …

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has reacted to Trump’s tweet on “smart missiles” and plans on airstrikes, saying that it was not surprised by the “thoughtless” US escalation around the alleged chemical attack, according to the SANA. We are not surprised by such a thoughtless escalation by a regime like the United States regime, which sponsored terrorism in Syria and still …

At least 257 people have died as result of an Algerian military plane crash, the Algerian Defense Ministry reported Wednesday. The incident reportedly occurred at 8:00 a.m. local time, when a transportation aircraft crashed near the airport of the Algerian city of Blida, Boufarik province. Local authorities have deployed 130 members of the civil protection unit, 14 ambulances and 10 …

Russia has issued a thinly veiled threat after Britain gave it a deadline to answer accusations of involvement in a poisoning attack in Salisbury, but US and EU allies have expressed support for Britain condemning the attack. Prime Minister Theresa May had given Russia until midnight on Tuesday to explain how a Soviet-era nerve agent was used against a former …

Just as the US capital was about to be convulsed by the departure of yet another senior figure in the Trump administration, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop took a phone call. It was from a figure described as “someone in the US Government close to the White House”. The informant wanted Australia to know what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …

China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to remain as president for life. The constitutional changes were passed by China’s annual sitting of the National People’s Congress on Sunday. The vote was widely regarded as a rubber-stamping exercise. Two delegates voted against the change and three abstained, out …

US President Donald Trump says his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could fizzle — or it could result in “the greatest deal for the world” to ease nuclear tensions in the region. Mr Trump told a campaign rally for a Republican congressional candidate in western Pennsylvania that he believed North Korea wanted to make peace, saying “I …