President Donald Trump has loosened Obama-era restrictions on the US military's use of land mines. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOSPresident Donald Trump is overturning an Obama-era administration ban on the use of land mines. In 2014, Obama said the US would by the terms of the Treaty, except for landmines used on the Korean Peninsula. However, under the new policy, anti-personnel land mines will be able to be used anywhere in the world in “exceptional circumstances. Earlier on Friday, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that land mines were an important tool that American forces needed.

Source: Daily Mail January 31, 2020 20:33 UTC