A three-decade global effort to end the use of land mines appears to be over. Finland and other European countries are leaving the Ottawa Convention, the treaty banning anti-personnel mines, as the ...

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

The Estonian government has approved draft legislation to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use of ...

President Alexander Stubb announced the decision, citing a changing security environment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from Russia, ...

A growing number of countries bordering Russia are abandoning a long-standing treaty banning the use of land mines, as fears over future attacks grow.

The conversation on landmines cannot be reduced to a binary. Canada must instead explore whether there’s a different path ...

PM Orpo announces preemptive measures as President Stubb engages in balancing act between Moscow and Washington.

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

The decision by four states last month and another one this week to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, widely known as the Ottawa Treaty, is one of the most significant challenges to ...

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There are growing calls for the UK to withdraw from the treaty banning the use of landmines. Nations in eastern Europe, including Poland and Finland, have signalled they will leave the 1997 Ottawa ...