Authorities in Cologne said this was the largest evacuation of the city since World War II. Unexploded ordnance has commonly ...

More than 20,000 residents are being evacuated from part of Cologne’s city center to defuse World War II bombs ...

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation ...

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

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Over 20,000 people were evacuated from central Cologne Wednesday after three unexploded World War II bombs were found, the biggest such operation in the German city ...

The city's major landmark, Cologne Cathedral, was, however, situated just outside the danger area. Germany's national ... such measure since the end of World War II. Everyone involved hopes ...

The city of Cologne in western Germany is undergoing a major evacuation following the discovery of three unexploded bombs from World War II. Authorities on Monday found the munitions — two 1,000 ...

(Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP) Two of the three unexploded World War II bombs are defused and prepared to be loaded onto vehicles for removal, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Cologne, Germany.

BERLIN – Some 20,500 people were being evacuated from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...