The government, along with two other Baltic nations and Poland, agreed last month to quit the 1997 accord that prohibits from using anti-personnel mines. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was cited as a ...

The Latvian parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing ...

The Latvian parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention international treaty that bans ...

The parliament approved the treaty exit by a large margin. The decision is set to come into effect six months after Latvia ...

VILNIUS, April 16. /TASS/. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) has adopted in the final reading a bill on the country’s withdrawal from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, ...

Ireland has conveyed its concerns to Lithuania over its withdrawal from the international ban on cluster bombs, which was agreed in Dublin 17 years ago.

“It really depends where America puts its priority – if it’s on schedule, then Finland is probably the right answer. If they ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s first resolution on landmines strongly endorses the long-standing international ...

Most NATO members still do not meet the 2 percent of GDP defense spending benchmark, despite years of promises and performative panic. Canada, which has taken freeloading to an art form, has shown no ...

Finland’s decision to prepare for withdrawal from the Ottawa landmine treaty faces criticism from Amnesty Finland, warning it ...

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 2 for this week with essential points as the fodder for ...

Land mines and artillery shells have proven essential weapons for Ukraine, and NATO is taking note.