The treaty, signed by representatives of 120 countries, was widely celebrated as a monumental achievement. That year, the ...

Many tourists love learning about a new place, but some countries are currently dangerous and are on the US government's ...

They create opportunities to blockade cities, ambush convoys, kidnap travellers, employ landmines, and destroy key infrastructure ... ranges from a high of 37% in Senegal to just over 7% in Mali.

Five Baltic states want to leave a convention that prohibits use and production of mines, a move accepted by the European Commission and Parliament. Russia’s war against Ukraine has led some EU ...

Countries' move towards using landmines appals expertsProgress made over decades in ridding the world of landmines was at risk, he said. UNMAS's head of policy and advocacy, James Staples, said ...

Ronin, a specially trained rat deployed to Cambodia, has helped locate more than 100 anti-personnel landmines littered around the country.

A landmine warning sign in Yemen's Marib province reminds camel herders that their next step could be their last. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have been at war against a Saudi-led military ...

Interview - As Mali's mining sector faces growing tensions -- highlighted by the recent seizure of gold stocks from the Canadian company Barrick by the military government -- questions about ...

Sharp rise recorded in landmine casualties in 2023, warns report Civilians, including children, make up 84 percent of landmine casualties, with the highest numbers last year in Myanmar.

The unit commander's order crackles over the radio and the column of French armoured vehicles en route between Burkina Faso and Mali comes to a sudden halt.

To win its counterinsurgency war, Mali’s military must focus on the fragility of the state, strained military capabilities, and fallout from Russian-Ukraine crisis.

AI can predict the location of landmines with up to 92 per cent accuracy, making removal of the deadly devices faster and more efficient, say researchers. Some 60 countries around the world are ...