Polonium first hit the headlines when it was used to kill KGB agent-turned-Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

LONDON – Polonium first hit the headlines when it was used to kill KGB agent-turned-Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. This week, Yasser Arafat's widow has called for the late ...

The body of Yasser Arafat was exhumed briefly on Tuesday so medical examiners could attempt to determine whether he was poisoned. Arafat’s widow, Suha, requested a murder investigation, and high ...

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LONDON The deadly radioactive element polonium first hit the headlines when it was used to kill KGB agent-turned-Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. Scientists at Switzerland's ...

The real-life spy thriller surrounding the poisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko makes the apparent poison, radioactive polonium-210, sound like a supersecret killer ingredient. It's rare ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland Swiss scientists say Yasser Arafat ingested radioactive polonium, most probably as a result of a deliberate poisoning. The Swiss lab examined Arafat's remains and his ...

Both Scotland Yard and Russian authorities are now investigating the alleged murder of Alexander Litvinenko, an ex-lieutenant colonel in the KGB, who died in London from a dose of polonium-210 on Nov.

The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was one of the most high-profile assassinations of the decade. It was a case that gripped the world after it emerged Mr Litvinenko died from acute ...

Polonium-210 has been in the spotlight since it was identified as the poison that killed Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer in Russia’s internal security service. Karl K. Turekian, professor of ...

Polonium has been at the centre of the inquiry into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 in London. He was poisoned by a "major dose" of the radioactive substance ...