A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with pickaxes - and risking their lives in search of precious treasure.

There were people who were injured or killed trying to open mines and use the explosives for fishing. Vidya Abhayagunawardena, coordinator of the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Land Mines, said it's ...

Poland and the Baltic states have said they are planning to leave the Ottawa Convention, dealing a blow to the international treaty banning antipersonnel land mines ...

The war in Ukraine is showing the power of weaponry once thought outdated. Mines and artillery have proven essential, alongside cutting-edge tech like AI and drones. One expert told BI that mines ...

A three-decade global effort to end the use of land mines appears to be over. Finland and other European countries are leaving the Ottawa Convention, the treaty banning anti-personnel mines ...

Kumarakulasingham Dinojan, 15, right, who lost his left hand below his wrist and has damaged fingers in his right hand from a mine blast six years ago, spends time with his brother Vilvaraj ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and the three Baltic nations said Tuesday that they want to withdraw from an international convention that bans antipersonnel land mines due to the growing threat ...