Under the scrutiny of a black-robed official and before a hushed audience, a decorative cookie tin rattles like a bingo drum.

In New Zealand’s Parliament, every legislator has the chance to advance a proposed law, no matter how unpopular, thanks to an unusual lottery where bills are selected by random draw ...

For years, Mikael Ane, an Indigenous farmer from the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, has faced prison not for harming ...