A French doctor branded “one of the worst criminals in history” has been sentenced to life in prison for poisoning 30 patients in an attempt to “feed his thirst for power”. Frederic Pechier (53), ...

This beautiful country on the west side of Europe is renowned for its beauty, home to some of the world’s most iconic ...

Abby Burnett is out to bust some Arkansas graveyard myths. The legend of Petit Jean, the French stowaway for whom the state ...

Archaeologists in Grenoble have uncovered a 16th-century gallows and mass burial pits, revealing the brutal execution ...

A recent report focuses on the death toll and on the burial site of the victims, stressing the importance of telling their ...

Pro-Ukraine demonstrators on Monday protested a visit to the island of Oleron off France's west coast by Russia's ambassador to Paris, who paid tribute to four Soviet nationals who fought alongside ...

Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind ...

In November 1944 around 1,600 soldiers from several west African countries were sent to the Thiaroye camp after being captured by Germany while fighting for France. Discontent soon mounted over unpaid ...