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Iranians pay homage to poet Ebtehaj, dead at 94
Hundreds of Iranians attended a funeral service in Tehran on Friday for the country's best-known contemporary poet, Hushang Ebteha...
Air raid warning puzzles Swedish motorists
Swedish motorists were left puzzled this week after mistakenly receiving an air raid warning, an incident authorities termed "seri...
Trouser snakes: US smuggler admits carrying reptil...
A man who hid snakes and lizards in his trousers as he tried to sneak them into the United States as part of a $750,000 reptile sm...
Marijuana use on the rise among young Americans: s...
Marijuana use by young Americans reached record levels last year and the use of hallucinogens is also on the rise, according to a...
Meghan Markle hosts Serena Williams as podcast lau...
Meghan Markle, the wife of Britain's Prince Harry, launched her long-awaited podcast Tuesday, with tennis megastar Serena Williams...
Hundreds mourn Russian nationalist's daughter kill...
Hundreds gathered Tuesday for the Moscow funeral of Daria Dugina, the daughter of a prominent ultranationalist intellectual who wa...
You're crying! Study shows dogs get teary-eyed whe...
Dog owners know the pure joy of returning home from a long trip to be greeted by their tail-wagging, uncontrollably jumping, face-...
Poaching, horn trade declining but rhinos still th...
Poaching and the illegal trade in horns have fallen in recent years but remain grave threats for the rhino's survival, the Interna...
Baldwin expects no charges over fatal movie set ac...
US actor Alec Baldwin said he does not believe anyone will be criminally charged over the fatal shooting on the set of Western fil...
Police recover Lewandowski's watch, stolen while s...
Police said they had recovered Robert Lewandowski's watch, stolen as the star striker signed autographs before a Barcelona trainin...
S.Africa's Zulus to crown new king as succession r...
South Africa's largest ethnic group, the Zulus, will on Saturday crown a new king following a year of feuding over who should asce...
Ukrainian Jews find refuge in Hungary resort
With kosher food, debates on the Torah and a women's section on the beach for swimming, Ukrainian Rina Jalilova is finally feeling...
Hanae Mori: grande dame of Japanese fashion
Japanese designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the Parisian haute couture world and was dubbed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature mot...
Online campaign raises $20,000 for Freya walrus st...
An online campaign has raised over $20,000 to build a statue in Norway for Freya, a beloved walrus that was euthanised by official...
A primate suspect: US monkey dials 911
California cops rushed to a zoo after a 911 call -- only to find it had been placed by a mischievous monkey.
Boy loses part of leg to shark bite off Florida co...
A 10-year-old boy had part of his leg amputated after being bitten by a shark while snorkeling on vacation in the Florida Keys, hi...
Academy apologizes to indigenous star for histori...
Nearly 50 years after she was booed off the Oscars stage for declining Marlon Brando's award on his behalf in protest at the film...
Walrus that attracted crowds in Oslo fjord euthani...
A walrus nicknamed Freya that attracted crowds while basking in the sun of the Oslo fjord was euthanised, Norway officials said on...
Police probe 'online threat' to JK Rowling over Ru...
Scottish police said on Sunday they were investigating an apparent "online threat" made to Harry Potter author JK Rowling in respo...
Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attemp...
The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie at a literary event pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges Saturday, as the sev...
Attack on Rushdie sparks surge in interest in auth...
The stunning knife attack on author Salman Rushdie has fanned interest in his works -- above all, "The Satanic Verses," which left...
Activists accuse Iran of responsibility for Rushdi...
Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiate...
'Dead fish everywhere' in Germany, Poland, after f...
Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental...
Actor Anne Heche legally dead after crash
Hollywood actor Anne Heche has been declared legally dead, one week after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles building, a spoke...
Actor Anne Heche 'brain dead' after crash: US medi...
Hollywood actor Anne Heche has been declared "brain dead" one week after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles building, US media...
Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed onst...
British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, underwent emergency surgery Frida...
Salman Rushdie: Magical realist forced to live on...
British Indian author Salman Rushdie is a master of magical realism who captured global attention as the target of a fatwa that fo...
Salman Rushdie stabbed onstage, rushed to hospital
British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings made him the target of Iranian death threats, was attacked and stabbed in the neck a...
Rush from potential tenants for Cruyff's boyhood h...
Football-mad Dutch tenants are vying for the chance to live in a humble, and affordable, two-bedroom home in Amsterdam where icon...
Over 150 endangered vultures poisoned to death in...
At least 150 critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa, conservatio...
Actor Anne Heche 'not expected to survive' after c...
US actor Anne Heche is "not expected to survive" after suffering a serious brain injury in a car crash in Los Angeles last week, U...
Tens of thousands trek rugged trail to glimpse Ice...
Tens of thousands of people have braved a steep, rugged trail in Iceland to catch a rare glimpse of an active volcano after it eru...