April 4 is International Mine Awareness Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness about landmines and support mine clearance. Nearly 30 years since its adoption, the Mine Ban ...

In getting over its phobia of debt, Buras said that Germany has finally acted as though Europe really had passed a ...

First Nations leaders in northern Ontario argue that tariffs imposed by Canada and the U.S. violate treaty rights and ignore ...

The Government's resolve now faces a major test. In mid-March, Poland and the Baltic States took the next essential step in this journey by announcing their intent to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty – ...

BEN Wallace has urged Britain to withdraw from a global landmines ban championed by Princess Diana. The former Tory defence secretary claimed the weapons were vital to fend off Russia. Britain ...

Poland has announced plans to significantly ramp up domestic production of anti-personnel mines as part of efforts to reinforce its eastern borders. Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Bejda revealed in an ...

The news last week that Poland and the three Baltic nations are withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning member nations ...

He said: “From my time as Secretary of State for Defence, I have first-hand experience of how the Ottawa Treaty prevented us and others from helping Ukraine. I was beset by lawyers applying old ...

Britain signed up to voluntary bans on landmines, in 1997, and cluster bombs in 2008, as they kill and maim civilians decades after conflicts end. Landmines are placed on or in the ground and are ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the Trump administration will likely move to acquire Greenland “systemically” ...

Regardless of which political party wins the April 28 election, the federal government in Ottawa is expected to ramp-up its defence spending in the face of increasing threats by America. U.S.