Chemical weapons

A 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy are facing legal action after an incident involving pepper spray at a school in Oropos, in Attica. 

On November 8, the girl showed her classmate the pepper spray and used it, spraying it into the air. The boy, unaware of the potential dangers, then took the canister and continued spraying it. 

Russia has been using banned chemical weapons, specifically chloropicrin gas, in battles along the front line in Ukraine to weaken Ukrainian troops' ability to defend their positions and force retreats.

"It's pepper spray, which a lower grade student accidentally activated in the classroom. Some students were exposed to suffocation and coughing. We relocated them immediately. Some were taken out into the fresh air, some to the ballroom, but the whole group was upset", said the school principal Suzana Lipi.

An Iraqi protester died on Nov. 7 due to a wound caused by a tear gas canister fired by security forces, an Iraqi medical source said.

Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi government to stop the abusive use of tear gas grenades manufactured in Serbia and Bulgaria for combat, after an investigation found they caused the deaths of at least five protesters in as many days.

The G7 Foreign Ministers endorsed the UK position that Russia was "highly likely" responsible for the poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the United Kingdom, reports Sputnik.

Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has warned British officials they are "playing with fire" and will be "sorry" over their response to the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in Salisbury, Independent reported.

The statement of Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas following the violent incidents took place in Idomeni has raised many concerns.

The tension accumulated over the past months in Idomeni erupted into violence on Sunday, when FYROM authorities responded to refugees protesting at Greek-FYROM border with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets.

Two canisters of tear gas were thrown ahead of Friday's inauguration of Hashim Thaci as Kosovo's new president.

Guests and media crews were already present in Pristina's central square when the tear gas was activated despite the strong police presence and security measures in place.