It causes skin to melt away from the bone and can break down a victim's jawbone, but white phosphorus - known in Vietnam as Willie Pete - is still used by sections of the world's military.

According to WHO, white phosphorus is a chemical substance that "ignites instantly upon contact with oxygen" and is "very difficult to extinguish. It sticks to surfaces like skin and clothing ".

White phosphorus is a material made from a common allotrope of the chemical element phosphorus that is used in smoke, tracer, illumination and incendiary munitions. Other common names include WP ...

Experts go over the two reports on Israel's alleged use of white phosphorus, and what the US military codes on the rounds mean White phosphorus is a chemical substance that is used by militaries ...

Bystanders soon alerted the 41-year-old to the fact her jacket was ablaze. The stone was actually white phosphorus, which had reacted with the air as it dried. Police say the two are easily confused.

Phosphorus is a non-metal that sits just below nitrogen in group 15 of the periodic table. This element exists in several forms, of which white and red are the best known. White phosphorus is ...

"There have been reports of the use of white phosphorus or other similar incendiary weapons. The WHO does not verify the type or provenance of weapons used", WHO Spokesperson Christian Lindmeier ...

KYIV, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine on Wednesday dismissed a Russian allegation that its drones repeatedly dropped white phosphorus in September as "false and nonsensical", saying that Kyiv was fully ...

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that Ukraine had repeatedly dropped white phosphorus munitions from drones in September, but Kyiv denied it had used such weapons and said it ...