On July 18, Ukraine formally informed the United Nations that it has suspended its operation of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, the landmark international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines. The ...

Earlier, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Estonia announced their withdrawal from the treaty. The Ottawa Convention entered into force in 1999, when 164 states, including Ukraine, joined it.

In Germany, Bundestag member Roderich Kiesewetter from the ruling Christian Democratic Union is advocating that the country ...

The tariff deal between the EU and US signals a major setback for Europe’s autonomy. Lack of political power in Brussels and ...

Talks about easing restrictions for non-mobilized men to travel outside Ukraine began in 2023 but have yet to produce a comprehensive policy change.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Saturday that his countrymen “will not give their land to ...

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) has voted in favour of a draft law to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel ...

The Council adopted its 18th package of economic and individual restrictive measures designed to target vital sectors of the Russian economy such as energy and banking, further weakening the regime’s ...

Diana's advocacy and the images of her walking through a minefield helped mobilize support for a land mine ban treaty that was ratified later that year.

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 for a charity's work ...

A plainspoken Ukrainian soldier who has been defending the Pokrovsk area says it's a mistake to underestimate Russian forces. They don't often succeed after breaking through Ukrainian lines, says ...

Diana’s advocacy and the images of her walking through a minefield helped mobilize support for a land mine ban treaty that was ratified later that year.