In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia ordered that all prisoners of the 30 Years War be released “without payment of ransom and without any exception.” Exchanging prisoners was common by the time ...

The latest group of released prisoners includes 30 minors, the youngest being a 15-year-old from a refugee camp in Bethlehem ...

Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest secret Nazi concentration camp in Poland, where over 1.1 million people were murdered, was ...

The museum has many disturbing reminders of the deadliest conflict in human history, but none are more haunting than those in ...

Hamas-led militants freed eight more hostages from the Gaza Strip and another 110 Palestinian prisoners were released by ...

In just over four-and-a-half years, Nazi Germany systematically murdered at least 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, built in ...

The Arakan Army in Myanmar has admitted its members killed two prisoners of war. A spokesman for the armed group says it has punished those involved and doesn't condone the actions. A Myanmar ...

Hamas-led militants have freed eight hostages as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of ...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia had received confirmation the prisoner of war was alive following fears of his execution. But serious concerns remain about his welfare, Senator Wong said as ...

News that Australian Oscar Jenkins is alive has been welcomed but the federal government is calling on Russia to treat the prisoner of war justly and release him.

Built to house El Salvador's most dangerous gangsters, conditions at the maximum-security "Terrorism Confinement Center" ...

The fragile ceasefire deal has so far held, quieting airstrikes and rockets and allowing for increased aid into Gaza.