When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be ...

New Delhi — India's Supreme Court has put on hold a controversial British colonial-era law that critics say has been widely misused against government critics for decades. The sedition law allows ...

Lithograph of the Paxton Boys' 1763 massacre of the Native population in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Published in 1841. Credit: (WikiMedia Commons) In December 1763, the “Paxton Boys,” a vigilante group ...

In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, file photo, anti-government protesters carry British flags as residents gather to protest a teenage demonstrator shot at close range in the chest by a police officer ...

Last June, Malaysian authorities burned the homes and boats of members of the Bajau Laut, an indigenous community in Malaysian Borneo whose livelihoods are inextricably linked to the sea. This ...