A 33-year-old Texas man who set off a bomb in his backyard and plotted to blow up a high school pleaded guilty to possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Erfan Salmanzadeh, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Iran, pleaded guilty to “use and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction,” U.S. Attorney…

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on June 13 introduced a bill that seeks to label the synthetic opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). The “Fentanyl is a WMD Act” would, if enacted, instruct the assistant secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office within the Department of Homeland Security to treat the…

The British navy said on Sunday that “multiple ships of various nationalities” have broken U.N. sanctions targeting North Korea’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programmes. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said its Type 23 Royal Navy frigate HMS Richmond—which was detached from the Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) to take part in U.N. sanctions enforcement operations…

British media The Telegraph revealed on Monday that scientists at top UK universities have worked on projects in partnership with China’s nuclear weapon research institution. The UK government is preparing to send enforcement notices to the academics involved, as the Chinese institution is on the U.S. sanction list for developing weapons of mass destruction.