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Mock chemical attacks to air raids: Lucknow’s emergency response tested

The mock drill in progress at the Lucknow Police Lines on Wednesday. (Deepak Gupta/HT)
Published on May 08, 2025 05:14 am IST

Russia using banned chemical agent on battlefield, alleges Ukraine

The Ukrainian military said Monday that it had registered 715 cases of the use of ammunition containing "hazardous chemical compounds" by Russian forces in May. REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev
Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:14 pm IST

19-year-old woman in Delhi threw acid on boyfriend, herself to prevent breakup

Police said they initially had thought that the couple was attacked by someone else known to either of the two.
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 11:06 am IST

Minor among nine held for ‘IS links’

All suspects arrested by Maharshtra ATS being produced in court at Aurangabad on Wednesday.
Published on Jan 23, 2019 10:31 pm IST

Militants in Syria preparing chemical attack against civilians, says Russian defense ministry

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 and made available Wednesday, April 5, Turkish experts carry a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey.
Updated on Aug 25, 2018 07:51 pm IST

Child given ‘dates, cake’ to play part in staging of alleged chemical attack: Russia

This file image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a child receiving oxygen through a respirator following an alleged poison gas attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria.
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 08:30 pm IST

UN security team visits alleged gas attack site in Douma: Syrian Envoy

A rocket launcher is seen at the city of Douma, Damascus, Syria April 16, 2018.
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 09:24 am IST

Likely that proof of gas attack in Syria disappears before experts arrive: France

Syrian police units wave and give the victory sign as they patrol in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus.
Published on Apr 17, 2018 06:32 pm IST

Joint strike on Syria won’t improve the ground situation

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 26, 2017 shows (L-R) French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attending the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7 plus the European Union in Taormina, Sicily. The US, Britain and France ordered overnight on April 14, 2018 a major military operation by deciding to conduct joint strikes against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in response to alleged chemical weapons attacks.
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 11:15 am IST

British PM Theresa May says strikes on Syria ‘legally and morally right’

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting business forum in London on Monday.
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 08:49 am IST

After airstrikes, Syrians rally in Damascus in support of Assad’s military

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, protesters wave flags and portraits of President Bashar Assad, as they march during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Syrian armed forces, at Omayyad Square, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018.
Updated on Apr 16, 2018 05:26 pm IST

Syria air strikes: Trump defends ‘Mission Accomplished’ tweet amid backlash

US President Donald Trump announces military strikes on Syria while delivering a statement from the White House in Washington.
Updated on Apr 15, 2018 09:27 pm IST

US launches air strikes on Syria after chemical attack, Russia calls it military crime

US President Donald Trump makes a statement about Syria at the White House in Washington.
Updated on Apr 15, 2018 07:24 am IST

France President Macron says has ‘proof’ of Syrian chemical attack, vows response

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives inside a classroom prior to attend an one-hour interview with French news channel TF1, at a school in Berd’huis, France, April 12, 2018.
Updated on Apr 12, 2018 10:42 pm IST

500 patients showed symptoms of chemical attack in Syria’s Douma: WHO

A child is treated in a hospital in Douma, eastern Ghouta in Syria, after what a medical relief group claims was a suspected chemical attack April 7.
Updated on Apr 11, 2018 03:13 pm IST

Donald Trump says decision on US response to Syria chemical attack soon

File photo of US President Donald Trump.
Updated on Apr 10, 2018 12:04 am IST

US asks UN council to set up new Syria chemical attacks probe

A girl looks on following an alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Douma, Syria ion Sunday.
Updated on Apr 09, 2018 09:52 pm IST

UN Security Council to meet today to investigate deadly Syria attack

A girl looks on following alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on Sunday.
Updated on Apr 09, 2018 08:54 am IST

Syria says suspected US missiles fired at air base, Washington denies strike

A picture taken on April 8, 2018, shows Syrian Army soldiers gathering in an area on the eastern outskirts of Douma, as they continue their fierce offensive to retake the last opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta.
Updated on Apr 09, 2018 08:52 am IST