Australia and New Zealand

For some churches, it’s all about music. Others translate scripture into Indigenous languages or enlist local artists to depict Bible stories in their own way.

By Julia Bergin

The Museum of Old and New Art in Australia claimed to have placed several Picassos inside a women’s restroom to protest a court ruling against the women-only exhibit. The curator now says they were fake.

By Remy Tumin

His “X” trilogy — which culminates with “MaXXXine” — obsesses over cinema, stardom and the industry itself.

By Ryan Bradley

Lily Brett’s delight is bittersweet as “Too Many Men,” her story about traveling with her father, becomes a movie he did not live to see.

By Julia Bergin

The WikiLeaks founder spent years in captivity in London before talks accelerated this spring, allowing him to go home to Australia as a felon, but a free man.

By Glenn Thrush and Megan Specia

In his brazen quest for total transparency, the WikiLeaks founder paved the way for a world in which no secret is safe and no institution trusted.

By Mattathias Schwartz

Being the only physician around for hundreds of miles isn’t always bad. “It’s quite liberating to be like, ‘I’m the best person here for the job’,” said one doctor.

By Julia Bergin

Burial remains from 800-2,000 years ago hint that the First Australians may have kept the continent’s famous canine species as pets.

By Franz Lidz

Broad support for his release seems to have grown more out of resentment of his treatment by the U.S. justice system than concerns about press protections.

By Damien Cave

After more than a decade of legal battles, the founder of Wikileaks left a courthouse in Saipan and boarded a plane home for Australia.

By The Associated Press and Reuters