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Rat earns world record for sniffing landmines in Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia — A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces...

Treaty signatories slam US decision to send landmines to Ukraine

Washington’s decision to give anti-personnel mines to Ukraine is the biggest blow yet to a landmark anti-mine treaty, its signatories said during a meeting. Ukraine...

UN chief slams renewed threat of landmines

SIEM REAP — The UN Secretary-General on Monday slammed the “renewed threat” of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply...

Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023

Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, a monitor said on Wednesday, warning the true...

N. Korea lays ‘thousands’ of mines on border —Seoul

SEOUL – North Korea has recently laid tens of thousands of new landmines along its border, forcing its soldiers to work in grim conditions...

N. Korean troops cross border, retreat when landmines explode

SEOUL – Dozens of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border with the South on Tuesday and retreated after warning shots were...

‘Myanmar landmine casualties surge after coup’

Landmines and unexploded munitions injured or killed more than one person every day in Myanmar last year, the United Nations said, pointing to a...

‘Faceless killer’: Syria landmines keep sowing death

By Maher Al Mounes Family members from three generations were huddled on the back of a pickup truck for what started as a joyful ride...

Boko Haram landmines kill 11 Nigerian security personnel

Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in northeast Nigeria, security sources said Tuesday. Seven hunters recruited to...

Landmines arrive with the summer thaw in Pakistani Kashmir

By Sajjad Qayyum As the summer sun warms the verdant valleys of Pakistan-held Kashmir, its snow and glaciers begin to melt, and the deadly landmines...
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