A China-supported landmine elimination project has cleared more than 160 square kilometres of contaminated land in Cambodia since 2018, directly benefiting over 2.6 million people, officials said Saturday.
Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), said in a social media post that the China-Aided Cambodia Landmine Elimination Project had located and destroyed more than 95,700 landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). He thanked China for its grant support in carrying out the work between 2018 and February 2026.
Cambodia remains among the countries worst affected by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). Officials estimate that 4 to 6 million landmines and munitions were left behind from three decades of conflict that ended in 1998.
According to Yale University, the United States dropped over 2.75 million tons of ordnance on Cambodia during 230,516 sorties between October 1965 and August 1973.
A government report shows that from 1979 to June 2025, landmine and ERW blasts killed 19,843 people and injured 45,267 others.
Cambodia has pledged to clear all remaining landmines and ERWs by 2030.
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French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe tries to balance economic dependence on the world’s second-largest economy.
An independent committee is to be established to investigate the cause of the city's deadliest fire in decades, including oversight of renovations blamed for the disaster that has claimed 151 lives.
A four-part docuseries executive produced by Curtis '50 cent' Jackson and directed by Alexandria Stapleton on Netflix is at the centre of controversy online.
Security concerns across Central Asia have intensified rapidly after officials in Dushanbe reported a series of lethal incursions originating from Afghan soil, marking a significant escalation in border violence.
Moscow and Kyiv painted very different pictures of the battlefield on Sunday, each insisting momentum was on their side as the fighting around Pokrovsk intensified.
Russia has claimed a decisive breakthrough in the nearly four-year war, with the Kremlin announcing the total capture of the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk just hours before United States mediators were due to arrive in Moscow.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that he expects to hear from U.S. negotiators soon after they conclude their meetings in Moscow, where discussions are focused on advancing a potential peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Global arms revenues hit a record 679 billion dollars in 2024, reflecting a sweeping rearmament drive across major powers and rising military pressures from Europe to the Middle East.
NATO Chief Mark Rutte repeated on Tuesday that the consensus needed for Ukraine to join the alliance is not there at the moment.
Belgian police have raided the EU’s diplomatic service and the College of Europe as part of a corruption probe into an EU-funded training academy for diplomats, detaining three suspects and searching multiple premises, according to Politico.
Canberra has issued a stark assessment of the changing security landscape in the Pacific, warning that Beijing is projecting force deeper into the region with diminishing transparency, complicating the delicate balance of power in the Southern Hemisphere.
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