Landmine

Japan could consider Hormuz minesweeping if ceasefire reached, foreign minister says

Japan says it may deploy forces for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz if a ceasefire is reached, as oil route tensions persist.

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi makes a speech in Tokyo's parliament, February 20, 2026.
Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen August 15, 2025.

Houthis arrest over 1,000 Yemenis for celebrating 1962 revolution in past two years - rights org.

 AS OF early 2025, Project Masam had cleared more than 425,000 explosive devices, including over 7,000 improvised devices and thousands of antipersonnel and anti-tank mines from Yemen.

The kingdom’s mines: Inside Saudi Arabia’s mission to clear mines in war-torn Yemen

 Hospital staff transport the body of a foreign UN worker in an ambulance at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on March 19, 2025

Sources to 'Post': UN officials harmed by clearing landmines, not by Israeli airstrike


Landmine explosion in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah kills four, including child

The blast occurred in the Ad Durayhimi district as the victims were walking along a roadside near the shore.

 Smoke rises from the site of Israeli air strikes at the port of Hodeidah, in Hodeidah, Yemen July 21, 2024.

Armenian land mines prevent peace with Azerbaijan - opinion

For the sake of a durable and lasting peace in the South Caucasus, Armenia must hand over the land mine maps so that there will be no more victims.

 A land mine in Afghanistan.

More than 260 civilians killed after stepping on mines, explosives - Ukraine

At least 571 people have received injuries during more than 560 incidents involving mines or explosive objects left behind by the fighting, the General Staff said on Telegram messenger.

 A sapper of 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wearing "spider boots", a protection system that prevents or minimizes feet and legs injury, takes part in a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.

Azerbaijan says six citizens were killed by land mines, blames Armenians

Azerbaijan blamed "illegal Armenian armed groups" for laying the deadly mines.

A security guard walks past an Azeri (L) and Armenian flag at the opening of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, October 16, 2017.

On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

For mine-clearers like Volodymyr, every day brings deadly risk, trying to make the ground safe, first for their fellow soldiers to advance, and eventually for civilians to go home.

 A sapper of 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine takes part in a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.

Ukraine's allies commit $244m. for humanitarian mine clearance

International partners have also committed to supplying hundreds of metal detectors and pyrotechnic machines, as well as individual demining kits and gear.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.

Mines playing key role in Russian defense against Ukraine offensive -UK

Both Russia and Ukraine have made extensive use of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines over the course of the war.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.

Human Rights Watch reports new evidence of Ukrainian use of banned landmines

The group called on Ukraine's government to follow through with a commitment made earlier this month not to employ such weapons.

 View of a mine-warning sign as a Ukrainian service member demonstrates clearing a minefield using a remote control for the Armtrac 400 demining machine, capable of clearing 2,400 square metres per hour, amid Russia's invasion, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine October 27, 2022.

Landmines kill or maim about 5,000 people annually, ban them now - opinion

From the conflicts in Ukraine and Azerbaijan and Armenia to the ones in Afghanistan, the Golan Heights and the Arab world, landmines remain a major threat to civilians.

 A MINE CLEARING operation takes place at the Gadot Observation Point, Golan Heights, in 2021.

Ukraine starts testing Israeli missile warning system in Kyiv

US Jewish organizations are set to sponsor Israeli efforts to treat Ukrainians with PTSD and called on the ambassador to condemn judicial reform.

 A view shows a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine March 22, 2023.