World war ii

The BBC haunted by bias - and the Israeli connection

Senior journalist Malcolm Balen examined hundreds of hours of BBC broadcast material, TV and radio, analyzing the content in minute detail. His 20,000-word report was later classified as top secret.

BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK.
 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

How post-war world order is collapsing under the weight of new US ambitions - opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

Putin establishes Soviet genocide memorial day, erasing Jewish victims of Nazis

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107


‘Dancing mouse’ US WWII warship found years after being sunken by Imperial Japanese Navy

The ship was sunk in 1942 after a fire battle between US forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

View of the bow looking east at Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck.

Over 500,000 ceramic 'ghost coins' from World War II discovered in Kyoto warehouse

Produced during wartime metal shortages, these coins were thought destroyed after Japan's surrender.

 Shinto shrine in Kyoto.

Lithuania government to include party whose leader is on trial for antisemitism

Social Democrats said that despite claims that the Nemunas Dawn party is antisemitic, they "don't see it like that."

 Social Democrats leader Vilija Blinkeviciute and a member Gintautas Paluckas attend a press conference after party winning at the general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024.

First car produced in soviet-era Poland goes on display after decades of search

The 1951 Warszawa M-20, carrying the serial number 000001, was tracked down in Finland and acquired after years of negotiations.

 Soviet era cars standing in a row at an open air exhibition.

Hannah Szenes: poet, paratrooper, photographer remembered 80 years after death

While Hannah Szenes is mainly remembered for her poetry, her photographer casts a revealing glance into her time in Israel and before.

 Hannah Senesh sitting at her desk, from the Senesh Family Archive at the National Library of Israel.

Mass grave of nearly 200 prisoners of war found at former Stalag II D camp in Stargard

Stalag II D, located in western Poland, began operations in 1939 and held up to 6,000 prisoners, including Red Army soldiers.

 Prisoner barracks at Stalag Luft III POW camp from WWII in Zagan, Lubusz, Poland.

Sri Lanka’s last Holocaust survivor finds peace in coastal town

Holocaust survivor Dr. Hans Vischjager, now 83, lives peacefully in Sri Lanka, embracing his Jewish heritage and past while sharing a unique, multicultural journey.

 Surfboard and palm tree on the beach, surfing area. Travel adventure and water sport, Sri Lanka

'A Real Pain' film presents the parallels of generational struggle

From the horror of the Holocaust to the struggles that the cousins face in the modern day, the movie is about the overall pains of life, film star Jennifer Grey iterated.

 Jesse Eisenberg attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US January 15, 2024.

A new Marshall Plan: Reconstructing Gaza like the Allies helped rebuild Europe - opinion

The original Marshall Plan ushered in decades of peace and prosperity. Under the right circumstances, another Marshall-style plan could do the same for Gaza.

Displaced Palestinians from Rafah inspect their tents in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 3, 2024

Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust

The Klausen Synagogue in Prague held its first Jewish service since WWII, symbolizing a resurgence of Jewish life in the city.

 Klausen Synagogue in Prague, November 2016.