THE German invasion of Holland and the flight of Queen Wilhelmina's Government have thrown the Dutch East Indies largely on their own devices. Indeed, as these lines are written there are indications ...

To see the real Jakarta, take a wander down the alleyways, in the kampongs,” says coffee shop owner Reza Adhiatma, who was ...

The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon is believed to be the first European to actually set foot on Australian soil, he landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and he charted about 300 km of ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

Interestingly, the first Japanese translation of Max Havelaar came out in February 1942, a month before Japan took over control of the Dutch East Indies. “While that publication was endorsed by the ...

At a time when Western scholars in the 1930s were still using the term Dutch East Indies, a Russian researcher, Alex Huber, dared to use the term Indonesia in his book titled "Indonesia, Socio ...

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...

A growing number of the world’s leading genocide scholars believe that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, according to an investigation by Dutch newspaper NRC. The paper interviewed ...

After sweeping West Indies 3-0 in ODI series, England look to build momentum under new captain Harry Brook in the three-match T20I series; watch T20 series live on Sky Sports from Friday (6.30pm ...

Marnus Labuschagne has been dropped and injured Steve Smith has been ruled out of the Australia lineup for next week's series-opening cricket Test against the West Indies.