Here are some questions and answers on Syria’s chemical weapons: Q: What are chemical weapons? A: The term chemical weapon is applied to any toxic chemical or its precursor that can cause death, injury, temporary incapacitation or sensory irritation through its chemical action. Choking agents like chlorine gas make breathing difficult. Blister agents like mustard […]

A brief public meeting does little to refute a worsening relationship between the U.S. and Russian presidents.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian Muslim hard-liners resumed protests Thursday against the Miss World pageant, as organizers insisted that the event would go on as scheduled this weekend on the resort island of Bali. In Jakarta, the capital, about 1,000 members of the Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia rallied outside the building housing the local organizer […]