Possibly poison vials found at U.N. office
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A U.N. office was evacuated after workers found vials that may have contained the poison gas phosgene Thursday.
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Swiss authorities have informed the United Nations of a possible threat against its European headquarters in Geneva, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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A former Russian spy fighting for his life in a British hospital may have been given poison laced with a radioactive substance to render it more lethal, the toxicologist treating him said on Tuesday.
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A suspicious package with white powder was found near media offices at United Nations headquarters on Friday, prompting security guards to take it to a safe area.
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GENEVA: The United Nations today said it had launched an investigation into the discovery of a bugging device in a room used by foreign delegations, including French President Jacques Chirac, at its European headquarters in Geneva.
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WASHINGTON -- The head of the United Nationsâ nuclear inspection arm told the UN Security Council on Monday that nearly 380 tons of high-grade explosives that could be used in nuclear bombs or terrorist weapons are missing from a storage facility in Iraq
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on  Friday summoned to New York top U.N. officials from a meeting  abroad to find out how a potentially lethal chemical warfare  agent was stored in U.N. offices in Manhattan.
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The U.N atomic watchdog has discovered plutonium particles near an Egyptian nuclear facility and is trying to determine if they are evidence of a secret weapons program or simply the byproduct of peaceful research, diplomats said Friday.
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The United Nations says a secret listening device has been found in a posh meeting room of its European headquarters in Geneva.
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Small traces of a radioactive substance are found at the British embassy in Moscow, it has been reported.
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VIENNA, Austria  - The UN atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said Tuesday.
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Â· Foreign Office among departments hit Â· Military involvement suspected
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The UN nuclear agency says it is investigating reports of uranium smuggling in DR Congo.
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The UN says fake prescription drugs are swamping developing nations with sometimes fatal results.
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The World Health Organization has for the first time asked the maker of the anti-bird flu drug Tamiflu to ready the global stockpile after human-to-human transmission was suspected in a family cluster in Indonesia, a WHO official said Saturday.
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Health officials said Friday they have seized more than 350 tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in the world.
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Radiation detectors set up to alert authorities to potential dirty bombs are sounding the alarm about some unlikely suspects: patients who have had tests or treatments using radioactive medicines.