As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Israelis held captive in Gaza and Palestinians swept into Israel detention centres have been focus of ceasefire talks.

For three days, soldiers of the 7th Cavalry Regiment poured rifle and machine gun fire into the twin tunnels. Families ...

A tit-for-tat feud between rival organised crime groups based on two neighbouring estates led to a spate of eight shootings in one year ...

Jihadists militias could take control of Shamima's camp in days and potentially set the former ISIS bride free.

In the last months of World War II, Lola Kantorowicz tried her best to hide her pregnancy. She succeeded because most of the prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp had bellies that were ...

The 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation is marked by Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday, January 27 this year. It's a ...

The plush restaurant of a London five-star hotel is a strange place for the Holocaust to become personal. But that is where ...

Why were so many German Christians supportive of the Nazis in their rise to power and why were so few involved in active ...

Alissa Greenberg is an independent journalist based in San Francisco and Boston who specializes in science, culture, travel, ...

Kurdish, Christian, and Yazidi communities are at grave risk in Syria. Many fear ISIS is about to commit genocide.