Around 20,000 people are being urgently evacuated from their homes in Cologne, Germany, after three unexploded Second World War bombs were discovered. After the city undergoes its largest postwar ...

Greek soldiers on Sunday began defusing a World War II bomb in the second city Thessaloniki after evacuating tens of thousands of people from the area. The bomb, containing nearly 250 kilograms (550 ...

The defusing of three unexploded World War II bombs is keeping Cologne on edge on June 4. In the largest evacuation operation since World War II, residents had to leave their apartments and houses.

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 residents ...

An unexploded bomb from World War II disrupted railway traffic to and from Paris' busy Gare du Nord train station, officials ...

Major Mike Atkinson, who has died aged 67, was a bomb-disposal officer who dealt with more than 1,000 explosive-related incidents in a career which saw him defuse bombs in Northern Ireland, as well as ...

Considering the staggering number of unexploded bombs in Germany, defusing bombs from WWII has almost become a German routine, but in Munich last night authorities couldn't defuse a 550 lb. bomb in ...

Sgt. First Class Millward has been blown up twice and lost part of a leg. TUPAK, Afghanistan March 8, 2010 — -- Wrapped in purple and pink string, the bomb looked more like a piñata than a deadly ...

In a major security operation forces defused 27 bombs and recovered arms in Manipur’s Imphal East, as searches continue amid ...