An SS death camp guard dubbed the last Nazi should stand trial accused of murdering 3,300 Holocaust victims, high court judges have ruled. Gregor Formanek, now 100, had successfully appealed…
Formula One legend Niki Lauda's GBP 445 million legacy has been finalised in a ruling by Austria's Supreme Court. Judges upheld a claim by his 45-year-old widow, Birgit Lauda, that…
A 96-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp is expected to finally go on trial tomorrow (TUE) after she had to be arrested after going on the run before…
These controversial images show children being initiated into bullfighting in one of France’s last remaining blood sport arenas in a move that has sharply divided public opinion in the country.…
A female elephant from a zoo in the Netherlands has become a mother to a healthy baby and has been allowed to keep it, despite the fact that she attacked…
A brief period in which there were elevated global temperatures over 50 million years ago is showing that fish nevertheless managed to flourish. Researchers made the claims in a paper…
These images show how two bears, the last animals at a rundown zoo in Pakistan that is now closing its doors for good, have been rescued and taken to Jordan…
A US hospital worker spoke about holding his mobile phone in front of a dying man so his wife could celebrate their anniversary with him a month early shortly before…
The last surviving member of a unit of Spanish soldiers who were the first to enter Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II has died of coronavirus. Rafael Gomez Nieto, 99,…
‘Europe’s last dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko has said that regular vodka shots and saunas will help combat the deadly COVID-19 virus. Lukashenko, 65, has been president of Belarus, described by Western…