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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

KABUL — Two American soldiers died in Afghanistan on Sunday when a roadside bomb they were trying to defuse exploded, a U.S. spokeswoman said. An Afghan interpreter and a policeman also died in the ...