When British authorities deported Irish rebels to their Australian penal colonies, they also exported a tradition of anti-colonial resistance.

Why, 200 years ago, was a five-year-old girl in Scotland painstakingly embroidering her idea of Australia, and what can ...

Sharks, starvation, and the endless outback—none of it stopped them from trying. These escapes weren’t just daring, they were near-suicidal.

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard reacts to criticisms of Princess Ingrid’s shock move to Australia to study at the ...

Four Islamist prisoners were killed by snipers after taking twelve people hostage at a Russian penal colony on Friday.

The seizure of the penal colony will be an important step in documenting war crimes committed by Russia against prisoners of war, Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on Aug. 23.

A Russian anti-war journalist serving a sentence in a penal colony has begun a hunger strike over her treatment by prison authorities. According to her employer, RusNews, reporter Maria Ponomarenko ...

The parents of US ballerina Ksenia Karelina have thanked President Trump after she was released from a Russian penal colony following a prisoner exchange with Vladimir Putin's security service.

SYDNEY: European settlers committed genocide against Australia’s Indigenous people, a truth-telling inquiry in ...

A Russian court sentenced a dual U.S.-Russian national to 12 years in a penal colony, after finding her guilty of treason for donating funds to aid the Ukrainian army at the start of the war.

When Magic saw Sphen's body, "he immediately started singing," and other penguins joined in, Renee Howell, the aquarium's penguin keeper, told Australia's ABC broadcaster.

Evan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal reporter, was convicted on fabricated charges and is expected to serve time in one of the country’s infamous prisons.