Blast kills 2 Mexican soldiers and wounds 5 others in suspected booby trap by drug cartel

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico's defense secretary said Tuesday. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised...

Topless women protesting the Ukraine war are detained for vandalizing sculpture near UN building

GENEVA (AP) — At least three feminist activists were detained on Friday after vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations complex in Geneva to protest Russia's war against Ukraine and what they see as the U.N.'s failure to stop the conflict. Two topless women with the group...

US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer-range missiles are headed to the battlefield. ...

The UN chief and pope call for nations to end the use of antipersonnel land mines

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N. head, Pope Francis and others called Monday for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their deployment globally grows. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message to delegates at the fifth review of the...

US will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons in push to bolster Kyiv before Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, including an undisclosed number of antipersonnel land mines, as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. ...

The US is sending antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine. Here's what it means

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines expands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians. And it reflects another in a long line of American policy shifts on the controversial...

Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land mines in war with Russia, US defense secretary says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land mines in war with Russia, US defense secretary says.