At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories. In 2024 alone, 1,945 people were killed by mines, and 4,325 were injured — 90% of whom were civilians. Nearly half of those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A Russian military robotic vehicle detonates a land mine on a mine clearing mission to defuse mines along the high voltage ...

HELSINKI — Finland’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on antipersonnel land mines Thursday as the Nordic country seeks to boost its defenses against an ...

The Trump administration reversed a Biden-era policy that prohibited the use of antipersonnel land mines except on the Korean Peninsula, according to a Dec. 2 document reviewed by The Washington Post.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 03 April 2026, Cambodia, Siem Reap: An employee of the APOPO organization presents a minesweeper rat. To mark International Mine ...

April 4 marked International Mine Awareness Day, in which the United Nations and non-profit groups try to draw attention to the victims of land mines around the world. Executives and investors need to ...

IDLIB, Syria — Suleiman Khalil was harvesting olives in a Syrian orchard with two friends four months ago, unaware the soil beneath them still hid deadly remnants of war. The trio suddenly noticed a ...

When the Iran-Iraq War ended, in 1988, after eight years of combat, the conflict had killed hundreds of thousands of people, and left more than a million injured or disabled. During the fighting, land ...

A decorated former US Army Special Forces engineer who cleared out improvised explosives in Afghanistan and has since been tackling threats in Ukraine says the monstrous minefields Russia is laying ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Prince Harry followed in his late mother's footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness ...