The two countries have pledged to collaborate in confronting threats posed by the Pentagon’s “biological activities” The Russian and Chinese governments have held an inter-agency meeting in Beijing to share their assessments of biological security concerns, and address the threats posed by bioweapons – particularly those allegedly being developed by the US military.

Joshua Schulte was accused of the largest theft of classified data in the spy agency’s history A former CIA software engineer who allegedly gave a massive trove of classified information to WikiLeaks has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a New York judge.

DNA testing and a review of documents have confirmed the death of 74 people, Russian officials have said Russian investigators say they have identified the remains of all passengers and crew who were on board a cargo plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war that was shot down by Kiev’s forces in Belgorod Region last week.