Explosive Weapons

Eighty states agree UN-backed curbs on use of explosives in urban areas

All of the members of the G7 group of economically advanced nations, have joined the political declaration.

One bomb at a time: life in the throes of Pakistan's Taliban

No sooner were officers spared the agony of having to defuse the mines of the 1980s US-Soviet war than they found themselves in the eye of a bitter, bomb-infested storm between the Taliban, the US and their country.

Putin suspends Russian obligations under key nuclear pact

Russian president suspends Moscow's obligations under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty and says the hold would remain in place "until the US ends its violations of the treaty or until it terminates."

Blast at Saint Petersburg supermarket injures 10

Russian officials say the blast was caused by a “homemade explosive device with the power equivalent to 200 grammes of TNT filled with lethal fragments."

Donors suspend funding to Afghanistan's demining programme

Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined country in the world. From April to June, at least 28 people were killed and 53 wounded by landmines and other unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan.

Yemen: A place where cluster bombs hang off trees

Unexploded cluster bombs dropped by the Saudi-led coalition on northern Yemen have turned areas into "minefields" according to Amnesty International.