Durham police closed some streets and evacuated houses Tuesday morning after a World War II mortar shell was found outside a home. A man doing yard work at 3529 Mossdale Ave. found the shell under ...

Mortar shells, which are cheaper and work at shorter ranges than artillery, are an important weapon against the infantry-led assaults Russia uses to advance in the east.

A Westborough resident discovered a mortar shell in their backyard while doing yard work on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, according to police. (Courtesy Westborough Police Officer Jeff Johnson) ...

The mortar will either be put on another vessel or else rolled into the river. Pieces of the enemy's shell have been picked up on this and other vessels of our division.

Police in Greece have cordoned off an area near the country's parliament after workers found what is believed to be a decades-old mortar shell during maintenance on the water mains.

With canvas in short supply, Akram Abou al-Fouz paints on the shells scattered around his neighborhood in Douma. "We had shelling showers, so to speak," he says.

Durham police closed some streets and evacuated houses Tuesday morning after a World War II mortar shell was found outside a home. A man doing yard work at 3529 Mossdale Ave. found the shell under ...

KYIV - Ukraine has increased production of mortar shells from zero before Russia's invasion to millions per year now, but a global explosives shortage is constraining the push to ramp up the ...