The Syrian Civil Defense says ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing at least 16 people.

There was also hatred directed at the British-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto, which owned the island’s Panguna mine, one of the ... region since World War II. The Bougainville crisis ...

Landmines and unexploded ordnance in Syria have killed or injured at least 188 children since President Bashar al-Assad's ...

some speculate the process of digging up the mines exposes leftover deposits of Agent Orange, a deadly toxic chemical, which U.S. forces used to defoliate trees during the war. The chemical makes ...

After more than 30 years of civil war ended in 1998, Cambodia was left as one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. Deaths from mines and unexploded ordnance are still common ...