Both strategic and commercial motives guided the British government’s choice of New South Wales as a convict colony.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called for a re-examination of Australia’s history in a new book that insists the nation has broken with its convict past to become one of the “freest, fairest ...

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Australia should change the lyrics of its national anthem to honour its indigenous people, the leader of the country's most populous state said on Wednesday, becoming one of the most prominent ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Almost 160 years after the transportation of convicts to Australia ended, a plan has emerged to turn Victoria into a prison hulk of ...

This video from a over a year ago looks at Sudan’s civil war, which has left tens of thousands dead and forced millions from their homes. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon gets a rare inside look at the conflict.

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On Sept. 23, 2019, a jury convicted Daniel Kankam, a 44-year old City resident, of first-degree murder with regards to the death of an intimate partner, Somaya Hussein Ahmed. According to the City of ...

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman attends a hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand jury convicted a man of murder and arson Friday for setting the fire at the boarding house where he lived that killed five fellow tenants. The jury at the ...

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