The treaty, also known as Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, bans production & use of indiscriminate anti-personnel mines that continue to maim and kill even after conflicts.
Ukrainian troops had earlier captured PTKM-1R, which targets top of tank or armoured personnel carrier. Acoustic & seismic sensors help it to select moving enemy assets.
India needs to urgently draw attention to the total failure of the United Nations in preventing wars, unilateral sanctions, unlawful interventions and threats to sovereignty.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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