On Thursday, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of ... flogging for abortions or homosexual acts. “Brunei is showing its feudal characteristics as an 18th-century state rather than an important member ...

When Brunei put harsh new laws in place this week that made adultery and gay sex punishable by stoning, it focused international attention on the country’s sovereign, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah ...

The Sultan of Brunei, one of the world’s richest men ... spending five months in jail during the Indian Emergency. Over a century after she was born, Tatler uncovers the charm and challenge of the ...

15th Century - Islamic sultanate of Brunei nominally in control of Borneo, including Sabah and Sarawak, now part of Malaysia, and some parts of the Sulu islands in the Philippines. 1841 - Sultan ...