The U.S. Navy will be deploying a new generation of drone-based countermeasures to search the sea floor and surface for any mines Iran laid. By John Ismay and Nicholas Kulish John Ismay served as a ...

Washington — A recent American intelligence assessment showed that U.S. forces have identified at least 10 mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. The ...

Conservationists are sounding the alarm that an iconic piece of Eastern Sierra scenery could be devastated by an open-pit gold mine if a newly resubmitted project is approved outside the town of ...

A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features. Microsoft tracks the actor as Storm ...

West Virginia is the heart of American coal country, but most travelers may not understand what it takes to operate a mine, or why mining can be so dangerous. If you've ever wondered what life as a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea route for oil shipments whose disruption is increasingly threatening the ...

It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the ...

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...

US may use drones, robots for safer mine clearing Mine-clearing crews remain vulnerable to Iranian attacks Sensors, AI, and unmanned systems aim to automate mine clearance April 16 (Reuters) - As the ...

The U.S. may have dropped anti-tank mines over a village in southern Iran, the open-source research group Bellingcat reported Thursday, as images posted on social media appeared to show American ...

The USS Canberra, an Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the mine countermeasures mission package, escorts a merchant vessel as it transits the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 20, 2026. (MC2 Iain ...