The Hukum Kanun Pahang was a comprehensive legal code that governed the state, regulated trade, defined justice, and set ...

May 7, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops defeated the French colonial army, ending almost a century of French colonial rule. A commemoration ...

Algeria’s upper house approved a law classifying French colonial rule (1830–1962) as a crime. Authorities framed the legislation as a legal and institutional recognition of colonial abuses. The move ...

Lawmakers in Algeria have begun debating a draft law that would criminalise France’s colonisation of the North African country amid a period of tense ties between the two countries, according to the ...

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian Congo, were victims of a crime against humanity. By Jenny Gross and Elian ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s prime minister expressed sympathy for the suffering of Korean forced laborers during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart on Sunday renewed ...

U.S. forfeiture laws originated from 18th century British colonial rule, which allowed authorities to stop vessels believed to be involved in criminal activity from leaving port without prior approval ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recently visited the site of a brutal massacre that happened in 1919 under the British colonial rule in India and offered his personal apologies.

Today March 6, Ghana celebrates its independence day. This historic event marked the end of the colonial era in Ghana and was a significant moment in the broader movement for decolonization across ...

Throughout history, empires have survived only as long as they could project their power. This power could be real or imagined, but it must be believable to its subjects. In 1942, the British Empire ...