World Sep 14 New drone technology could make it easier to clear unexploded bombs, mines in Ukraine By Jack Hewson, Volodymyr Solohub, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Ed Ram, Andrew Robinson and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow
World Jul 25 Land mines placed around Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, UN says The U.N. atomic watchdog says its monitors at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site. By Felipe Dana, Associated Press
World Apr 02 Zelenskyy warns mines left after Russian retreat ‘catastrophic’ for Ukrainian civilians Russian troops retreating from the region around Ukraine's capital of Kyiv are creating a dangerous situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday. By Associated Press
Politics Jan 31 Trump authorizes shift to wider U.S. military use of land mines Earlier Friday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper made the case for giving military commanders the latitude to use land mines as a means to "shape the battlefield" and protect American forces. Critics of the new Trump policy call it dangerous. By Robert Burns, Associated Press
Agents for Change Sep 10 Watch 7:04 How giant African rats are helping uncover deadly land mines in Cambodia From Angola to the former Yugoslavia, land mines are a lethal legacy of wars over long ago. Cambodia is among the most affected countries, with millions of buried explosives that kill and maim people each year. Now, an organization is… By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman
Jan 01 Watch 6:27 In Afghanistan, clearing landmines to save lives By PBS NewsHour Afghanistan is home to the world’s largest landmine removal program, but as special correspondent Jennifer Glasse reports, mine agencies have done little to clear the explosives -- and casualties are mounting. Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 7:27 The battle for Mosul is over, but this hidden ISIS danger could lurk for years By Marcia Biggs Iraq may have ousted Islamic States militants from the city of Mosul over the summer, but the major task of finding and destroying the mines, booby traps and bombs remains. A security firm hired by the U.S. and Iraqi workers… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 7:24 Remembering a father lost to Vietnam by doing good By PBS NewsHour Rebecca Rusch has spent most of her life wondering what happened to the father who left for Vietnam and never came back. As a tribute to him and closure for her family, Rusch rode nearly 1,200 miles along the Ho… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch 5:06 This company is turning Laos’ unexploded bombs into jewelry By PBS NewsHour In the days after Thanksgiving, malls will be packed with bargain hunters. But the following week, many shoppers will participate in “Giving Tuesday,” an occasion that focuses on charity. One company that may attract attention: Article 22, which aims to… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch 9:07 Decades on, millions of unexploded American bombs left behind still kill and maim in Laos By PBS NewsHour Continue watching