In the years since the fall of Saigon, over 40,000 Vietnamese have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance (explosives) left behind from that conflict. Every 22 minutes ...

The international landmine crisis should be understood as an ancillary element of the current international environmental crisis. There is a strong need for a global environmental impact ...

Poland and the Baltic states plan to withdraw from an international convention banning the use of landmines, citing potential military threats from neighbouring Russia. The defence ministers of ...

BEN Wallace has urged Britain to withdraw from a global landmines ban championed by Princess Diana. The former Tory defence secretary claimed the weapons were vital to fend off Russia. Britain ...

Poland and Baltic Nations Plan to Withdraw From Landmine Convention By Andrius Sytas and Barbara Erling VILNIUS/WARSAW (Reuters) -NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to ...

The three Baltic states and Poland have proposed withdrawing from an international agreement banning landmines as the frontline Nato countries respond to the rising threat of Russian aggression.

In a joint statement released Tuesday, the defence ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia recommended withdrawing from the landmine ban, citing the rising threat from Russia and its ...

Lattakia, SANA-A civilian was killed in an explosion of a landmine left behind by the former regime in the eastern Lattakia countryside. “A young man was killed, and his brother was injured ...

MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - A landmine warning sign in Yemen's Marib province reminds camel herders that their next step could be their last. After being displaced or confined to smaller areas ...