By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced prolonged conflict for many years. The recent advancement of M23, a ...

Submarines came to the forefront of military navies with the advent of WWI, as Germany's dangerous U-boats proved a ...

Despite industry claims, there are few controls to prevent diamond sales from financing violence and abuse around the world.

President Trump says he wants to make a deal for minerals from Ukraine in exchange for aid. That followed a long effort by ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

Nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, his troops are making steady progress on the battlefield.

Before Red Dog mine zinc and germanium wind up in American products, they get refined in Canada, then sent back to the U.S.

Cambodia remains littered with unexploded bombs, many of which were dropped by American forces during the Vietnam war ... suspending mine-clearance programmes across the world.

It was 1918 and the war was raging in France and along the Western ... the region’s history and shared values and dreams. One year later, on April 12, 1918, the Chattanooga Daily Times headlined ...

Rip my soul apart’ – Some 10,000 people still live in Pokrovsk and the surrounding villages, local officials said — down from 82,000 before the war. Yury, a mine worker employed by one of ...

Some 10,000 people still live in Pokrovsk and the surrounding villages, local officials said -- down from 82,000 before the war. Yury, a mine worker employed by one of the few sites that remain ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the dangerous workplaces.