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 the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion. In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed the work of clearing and destroying landmines …
NICOSIA, Cyprus — In a Cypriot National Guard camp, Ukrainians are being trained on how to identify, locate and dispose of landmines and other unexploded munitions that litter huge swaths of their country, killing and maiming hundreds of people, including children. So far, almost 100 Ukrainian armed forces personnel have taken part in three training cycles over the last two …
A grassy lane rutted with tire tracks leads to Volodymyr Zaiets’ farm in southern Ukraine. They have soaring production and transportation costs caused by Russia’s blockade of many Black Sea ports, and several neighboring European countries imposed import restrictions on Ukrainian grain to prevent a glut. The “drastic reduction” of grain crops potentially threatens global food security, said Pierre Vauthier, …
