Russia

The nerve agent used to poison former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was delivered "in a liquid form", the Department for Environment says.

Syria has been attacked just as it had a chance for peace, Russia's foreign ministry says, hours after US, British and French forces pounded Damascus with air strikes in response to a suspected poison…

A week full of ugly claims and counterclaims about a chemical weapons attack ended with today's bombing of targets in Syria.

Russia has warned the US that launching air strikes in response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria could spark a war between the two countries.

Yulia Skripal, poisoned daughter of Russian ex-spy Sergei, has rejected assistance from the Russian embassy "at the moment".

The United States has imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials, accusing them of "malign activity around the globe".

Russia has accused the UK of inventing a "fake story" and "playing with fire" over the Salisbury spy poisoning.

One of the victims of a suspected Russian nerve agent poisoning in England has released a statement for the first time since the attack.

Yulia Skripal, the daughter of ex-spy Sergei Skripal, is improving rapidly and no longer in a critical condition, says the hospital treating her.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were probably poisoned by a nerve agent at their front door, British police say.

The Australian Federal Government is expelling two Russian spies from Australia within a week, in solidarity with the United Kingdom over a nerve agent attack earlier this month.