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On his visit to Serbia, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker attended a de-mining demonstration at the Serbian Mine Action Center in Velika Mostanica. Ambassador Whitaker’s visit underscores U.S. commitment to the new era in U.S.-Serbia relations and continued dedication Read More …
Landmines and unexploded ordnance continue to kill and maim in Iraq, where thousands of victims over decades underscore one of the country’s most persistent post-war dangers. The threat has lingered for years despite international awareness campaigns and clearance efforts, with Read More …
The Israel Police confirmed on Wednesday that inspections of scenes of fallen projectiles in Kiryat Shmona found that for the first time since the war began, Hezbollah used cluster munitions, which landed in a residential neighborhood in the city. A Read More …
One man was killed and another injured following a cluster munition explosion in Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, today. According to a post by the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) today, the incident occurred at approximately Read More …
As part of Operation Roaring Lion and the ongoing conflict with Iran, Israel’s home front is facing multiple ballistic missile barrages every day, fired from Iran towards every part of the country. These barrages frequently include cluster munitions, which split Read More …
Iran has launched multiple ballistic missiles at Israel carrying cluster bomb warheads during the ongoing conflict, indiscriminately spreading small bombs in wide areas of the country. The warhead of such missiles opens up while descending and scatters between 24 and Read More …
Japan has pledged $665,000 for projects to support cluster munition clearance in Stung Treng province, targeting 170 contaminated hectares. Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Ueno Atsushi signed the grant agreement with a representative of the NGO Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has expressed deep concern over a cluster munition blast that injured three electricity workers in Oddar Meanchey province, leaving some with serious injuries. CMAA said it is ready to support the Read More …
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain Read More …
The IDF reported on Wednesday evening that the Houthi missile intercepted in the morning carried a cluster warhead. According to the IDF, a field examination concluded that the Houthi terrorist regime used a cluster surface-to-surface missile. In its statement, the Read More …
Mine Action Review today published its annual report Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2025, ahead of the Thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), taking place in Geneva 16–19 September. The report finds that global clearance Read More …
Israel has carried out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the group’s missile attack on Friday which Israel said carried cluster munitions. The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing the presidential palace, a Read More …
In the wake of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand that took effect at midnight on July 28, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has received multiple emergency explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) requests from conflict-affected communities, according to CMAC Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has issued an urgent appeal to residents living near the Thai border to remain extremely cautious following reports that Thai armed forces fired cluster munitions into Cambodian territory on Friday in Read More …
A mobile explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team from NPA/RENEW successfully neutralised three dangerous cluster munitions found in residential areas in the central province of Quang Tri, following reports from local residents. On July 3, a local woman discovered an unexploded Read More …
Iran fired at least one ballistic missile with a warhead containing multiple submunitions as part of a particularly destructive barrage on Israel earlier today. Ballistic missiles loaded with cluster munitions present additional complications for defending forces, especially when it comes to Read More …
The demining authorities have safely destroyed a US-dropped cluster bomb found in a cashew plantation in Ratanakiri province, reaffirming Cambodia’s commitment to becoming mine- and ERW-free. The demolition was conducted on Monday by Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s Demining Unit Read More …
They found one while digging the foundations of a new hotel. Another was discovered in the middle of a park. A family spotted one in their garden. And Ho Van Lai and his cousins found several in the sand dunes, Read More …
Nearly half of all mine accidents in Cambodia over the past decade have occurred outside of officially identified minefields—an alarming indicator that vast areas remain unsurveyed. The government has tasked the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to conduct a comprehensive Read More …
In today’s peacetime, there are still silent wars within silence, dangers within dangers and hardships of the Engineer soldiers. That is the war in searching for bombs, mines, and explosives left over from the war . At the border of Read More …