A 97-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted for her role in the murder of 10,505 people during the Holocaust, in what could be the final trial of its kind.
The actor's visit to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during WWII, was his first and came as part of his work with the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation.
A precious set of World War II war medals have been returned to the relieved daughter of a veteran, five years after they were stolen from her Melbourne home.
Western officials believe Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, a symbolic day for Russia paving the way for him to step his campaign.
Vladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as "neo-Nazis", even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust.
American tourists Tom and Eileen Lonergan were unintentionally left behind by a scuba diving boat off the coast of North Queensland on January 25, 1998.
The location of the legendary Amber Room - ornate Russian treasure looted by the Nazis - remains a mystery after divers investigated a World War II shipwreck.
Missing artworks by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian have been recovered by Greek police almost a decade after they were stolen in a daring museum heist.
One of Australia's last surviving prisoners of war has today celebrated a special milestone celebrating his 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends on the Gold Coast.
The agreement between the governments of Spain and Portugal divided the 'New World' into resources and land claimed by the nations, according to National Geographic.