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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Expert Thomas Zowalla from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (KMBD) holds the detonator in his hand after defusing a ...

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 ...

Large parts of Dresden's Old Town were evacuated on Wednesday as experts sought to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge. Some 17,000 people were ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The City Council voted Tuesday to buy a bomb-defusing robot. Formally a drone called an Andros Spartan Unmanned Ground Vehicle System, the device will replace an outdated unit ...