Ukrainian forces managed to rescue one of their own recently — a wounded soldier trapped for 33 days behind enemy lines — by sending a casket-shaped, off-road robot to navigate a perilous route ...

It all started with a young girl offering me her seat on an airport bus. The simple gesture hit me hard. I had always assumed that my silver hair exuded only experience and wisdom. Little did I ...

Non-profits in New York can lose property tax exemptions if they lease to for-profit entities or if lease income exceeds costs. Courts closely examine whether leases serve the organization’s ...

Diana Clement is a freelance journalist who has written a column for the Herald since 2004. Before that, she was personal finance editor for the Sunday Business (now The Business) newspaper in London.

Things are getting worse in Ukraine these days. The frontline feels like a giant game of Pac-Man as Russians try to gobble up remote agrarian villages where hardscrabble families eke out a desperate ...

Authorities in Warsaw say they have added minefields to the "East Shield" project, the name given to the protective barrier at the border with Russia and Belarus. Construction began in November last ...

The war was over—but for thousands of German POWs, the danger had just begun. Their new orders: walk into minefields with no guarantee of return. Can You Guess What Letter Is Not in Any U.S. State ...

Because modern tactics require armies that must be fast and mobile at all times, being able to neutralize minefields is a top priority – preferably in a manner that is quick and poses as little danger ...

Noora Murad is a deminer from Sinjar, Iraq, and has dedicated her life the dangerous, difficult and essential work of protecting civilians from the long-term hazards of anti-personnel landmines. As of ...

Angola requires $240m (R4.48bn) from government or donor funding to clear nearly 1,000 minefields from the civil war that ended more than two decades ago, the National Mine Action Agency said. The ...