The operation in Cologne, located in western Germany, is the largest evacuation in the city since the end of the fighting in Europe in 1945, city officials said. More than 20,000 people including ...

Large areas of the city center of Cologne were closed off on Wednesday as experts defused three bombs left over from World War II, which ended 80 years ago. The evacuation operation in Cologne ...

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 ...

Discovery of Wartime Bombs Prompts Large-Scale Evacuation in Cologne, Germany By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Thousands of people were evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany on ...

The city's major landmark, Cologne Cathedral, was, however, situated just outside the danger area. Germany's national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, had warned that many trains will be diverted or ...