A dentist in Austria has been fined after she refused to treat a woman because she was HIV-positive. The dentist, whose identity was not disclosed, will have to pay EUR…
An Iranian man who refused to wash for more than half a century because he was worried it would make him sick has died after taking a shower. Amou Haji…
A greedy raccoon rescued from a dumpster by police did its best to hide its shame when it covered its face with its paw for a mugshot. Police had found…
Surgeons have removed 74 magnetic beads from a 10-year-old boy's bladder after his parents brought him to hospital with agonising stomach pains. The boy - from Changsha, Hunan province, southern…
This poster of a missing chicken drawn by a little girl to try and find her beloved pet has done the trick after it was found and returned following its…
A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants…
This cute eight-year-old girl has become Egypt’s first ever child model in a wheelchair. Sagda Islam was born with a movement disability that affected both her legs and, after many…
A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary's defence team has undergone two setbacks in her trial over the deaths of 11,412 people. The setbacks came after the court refused to…
An animal cruelty case against an Olympic athlete who allegedly hit her horse during the Summer Olympics in Tokyo has been dropped. Pentathlete Annika Schleu, 31, and national trainer Kim…
A hungry dog bit off and then ate a man's toe when he kicked it for begging at the dinner table during a party with pals. The incident took place…