Prisoners of War

These WA community members say naming a new federal seat after a World War II nurse is all very well, but they want the honour to go to a born and bred local, not an out-of-towner.               

The United States and United Kingdom both say Hamas should accept the latest deal from Israel, as mediators meet for another round of talks in the Middle East.

Russia's Defence Ministry says 248 military personnel were handed over by Ukraine and Kyiv said it had brought home 224 soldiers and six civilians in the largest documented swap of troops in the conflict so far.

Among the 240 Palestinians released in exchange for Israeli women and children taken hostage in Gaza is the matriarch of a family that's been fighting Israel for decades.

As part of a temporary ceasefire deal, Hamas has begun releasing Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. But with thousands more remaining in detention inside Israel and hundreds of captives in Gaza, there is still a long way to go.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day ceasefire in their war in exchange for the release of 50 women and children held in Gaza. Here's what we know about the deal and what may unfold next.

Eight decades since Melbourne holocaust survivor Abram Goldberg was transported from Poland's Lodz ghetto, he's been reunited with a man who remembers him.

A few old slabs of concrete buried deep in pine forests are all that remain of south-east South Australia's prisoner of war camps. But their history is being uncovered by new research that shines a light on the stories of the men interned in the region.

The discovery last week of the wreck of the Montevideo Maru has prompted renewed focus on the Japanese prison ships of World War II. Many were sunk by Allied submarines, sending thousands of their comrades to their deaths.

These are the first detailed images of the wreckage of a maritime disaster that claimed the lives of almost 1,000 Australians.

Former military lawyer David McBride will be tried in November, as the Australian Defence Force investigates alleged Afghanistan war crimes.

Mahboba Rawi and Sourosh Cina are a courageous mother-and-son duo who’ve evacuated close to 100 children and carers from Afghanistan.