During World War II, Soviet forces trained dogs to carry explosives under Nazi tanks—a desperate attempt to halt Germany’s ...

Russia's full-scale invasion may have turned Ukraine into the world's largest minefield. As of March 2025, Ukraine’s ...

The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel ...

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has accused Russia of wanting to "subjugate" Ukraine and says President Vladmir Putin ...

Ukraine’s air force says the assault involved 537 aerial weapons including drones and missiles, of which most were ...

A woman who fled war in Sudan and requested anonymity because she feared retribution after reporting sexual exploitation, ...

From dismantling land mines, to resettling refugees in Mexico to sex education training for monks, the UN has carried out several off the radar missions. | World News ...

As the German city of Cologne evacuated some 20,000 people to defuse three World War II bombs, DW looks at the problem of bombs, land mines and other war legacy remaining dangerous long after the ...

He worries that such a war could happen again. “As we approach the 80th anniversary of victory in Europe from the great World War II, we should not let our point of view get muddled,” he said.

Land mines defined combat in both World War I and World War II, and were a major part of war plans during the Cold War. But the 1997 Ottawa Treaty began to remove them from stockpiles across 163 ...