City authorities in Zimbabwe's second largest city are appealing to home owners to flush their toilets at a specified time as a way to unblock sewers after days of severe water rationing.

Bulawayo Ci

The city of New Jersey has been introduced with a state bill that would require drivers to secure pets in seat belts, or pay fines up to 1,000 dollars.

New Jersey Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer, who

Police in a sleepy Dutch town braced on Thursday for an invasion of party-goers after a teenager's birthday invite on Facebook went viral, prompting thousands of replies.

Officers in Haren near the n

In an extraordinary event, a police officer was rescued by a shark, which guided him to a rescue boat after he had drifted helplessly in the Pacific Ocean for 15 weeks.

Toakai Teitoi's brother-in-law

A team of doctors on Tuesday removed about 1.8 kg hair from the stomach of a 19-year old girl after an open surgery at the M Y hospital.

Dr Parvinder Singh Lubana, who led a team of gastro-surgeons i

Authorities say 8-year-old boy escaped injury after taking his mother's car for a spin through his suburban Buffalo, N.Y., neighborhood and hitting several objects before his joy ride ended on a neigh

The All India Malayali Association has made a 12,000 sq. feet rangoli portrait of K.J. Yesudas on the eve of the Mathruvandanam programme at St. Georges’ Anglo Indian School in Chennai on Saturday, wi

A Chinese farmer has grown 10,000 bizarre Buddha-shaped pears that have become quite the rage as 'good-luck charms' in his native village.

Hao Xianzhang has created thousands of mini marvels at his o

A couple in Turkey showed that they needed far less than 140 characters to express their eternal love for each other, by exchanging wedding vows via Twitter and iPad.

Groom Cengizhan Celik and his br

A Chinese beauty contest requiring candidates to have nipples spaced at least 20 centimetres (7.8 inches) apart sparked a storm of criticism on the Internet on Friday.

"Why more than 20 centimetres?