Headlines- In response to what it terms a "deteriorating" humanitarian crisis, the UN has more than doubled its aid request for Lebanon.
- After a series of evacuation warnings, Israel's air force has continued to strike southern Lebanon.
- Iran's World Cup football squad members granted US visas, making it possible for them to enter the US.
- Iran has launched multiple drones for one-way attacks in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iranian leaders are "strong" and "proud," but in the end, he said, "they've got no choice" but to reach an agreement US president Donald Trump stated on Friday that Iranian leaders have not yet reached a deal with the U.S. to stop the ongoing war.
Tag: Land Mines
US Halo Trust Helps in Demining...
In the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, mine sweepers from the Halo Trust found more than 1,500 explosives scattered around 10 hectares in just one week. This humanitarian NGO has been operating in Ukraine since 2015 to clear out landmines and other explosive devices. They now mainly work in the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions.
Civilians in Northern Myanmar Face Growing...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report in April 2022 that at least 102 civilians were killed and 288 others injured by landmines and other explosive weapons in Myanmar since the coup.
Landmines Further Worsen Ethiopian Herders’ Record...
Landmines from the 19-month Tigray conflict are making the record-breaking drought that herders are facing in Ethiopia’s Afar region’s northwest even deadlier. Despite the drought, people are reluctant to go fetch water because of the deaths of children and livestock caused by landmines
Land Mines And Other Explosives Are...
Ukraine is now one of the world’s most heavily mined countries, according to the United Nations. Pyrotechnicians are currently disarming hundreds of mines per day in territory that Russia no longer controls
A Graduate’s Dream Job: Helping Rats...
Global nonprofit organization in Tanzania has developed innovative method using African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis using their extraordinary sense of smell
IS Explosives Still Terrorize Residents of...
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in old Mosul was built in the 12th century. It held a symbolic importance for IS, as it was used by the terror group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 to declare the plan for a so-called caliphate