As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet is closer to seeing them used again than it has been in decades,

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration a

Authorities defused the British-made bomb, saying it will be moved to a safe location.

Around 80 years after the war, Germany remains littered with unexploded bombs, often uncovered during construction work.

The British World War II bomb discovered in Dresden during demolition work has been defused, police in the eastern German city announced on Wednesday. Earlier some 17,000 people had to be evacuated from the area surrounding Dresden's Carola bridge following the discovery on Tuesday of the bomb during demolition work on the bridge,