It has been illegal to use wild animals in circuses since January.

A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to four years in prison.

A former SS officer known as the ‘Book-keeper of Auschwitz’ said he was “very sorry” for his time stationed at the Nazi death camp, ahead of a verdict in Germany expected today

A former Auschwitz guard acknowledged he bears a share of the moral guilt for atrocities at the camp, but told judges at the opening of his trial that it is up to them to decide whether he deserves to be convicted as an accessory to murder.

German researchers claim they have discovered the oldest known hand-written manuscripts of Johann Sebastian Bach.