Public prosecutors requested that a criminal court hand down an eight-year prison sentence on senator and former president Carlos Menem for his involvement in smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia between 1991 and 1995.
Israeli naval forces intercepted a cargo ship in the Mediterranean on Sunday then boarded the vessel to search for suspected weapons, military officials and media reports said.
US forces could move against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, President Barack Obama warned, notably if he deploys his chemical weapons against rebels trying to overthrow him.
NATO told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today that any use of chemical weapons in his fight against encroaching rebel forces would be met by an immediate international response.
The defector, Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, said in an interview with the Guardian that he had fabricated claims of mobile biological weapons and clandestine factories made to German intelligence officials throughout 2000.
The death toll from a massive blast at an arms depot on an Iranian military base on Saturday has risen to 17, state broadcaster IRIB said on its website
The United States called today for closer international cooperation to prevent terrorist groups from developing or using biological weapons, a threat it said was growing.
Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman met in Sao Paulo with his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, and they both stressed on the need to keep strengthening the bilateral relationship. They also expressed “concern” about the possible presence of nuclear weapons in the South Atlantic area.