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A high school in northeastern Cambodia was recently forced to temporarily close after discovering thousands of unexploded weapons on its grounds.

South Sudan acceded to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions on August 3, 2023, the 112th country to do so, Human Rights Watch said today.

Cluster Munitions: South Sudan Accedes to Global Ban

South Sudan acceded to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions on August 3, 2023, the 112th country to do so, Human Rights Watch said today.

Two tractor drivers have been hit by a cluster munition during agricultural works in Mykolaiv Oblast; one of them was killed and the other is in hospital. Source: Serhii Shaikhet, Head of National Police in Mykolaiv Oblast, on Telegram Quote: "The tragic incident occurred near the village of Lepetykha in Bereznehuvate hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.

The war in Ukraine is changing fast. The U.S. must also be ready to pivot in its military assistance.

It would take 500 demining teams and 757 years to clear all of Ukrainian-controlled territories of its mine-infested areas at the current pace.

Controversial munitions have been deployed against Russian forces on the battlefield after the US made the decision to supply them

If videos from the front are any indication, the Ukrainians are using the dual-purpose improved conventional munitions, or DPICM, exactly the way the U.S. Army intended.

Especially artillery ammunition which is important for suppressing russian positions if they are in defensive positions and keep them down and pummel a way through and create the conditions for tanks and infantry to get some momentum going, and so the offensive would grind to and so the offensive would grind to a halt without artillery. the cluster munition allows them to reach that gap because they are running low on artillery and they have been very clear about this and therefore the cluster m...