A man who spat food on a woman and asked her to marry him was sentenced to 55 days in jail.

An Indian man has been charged with importing heroin into Australia using Bibles.

It was Jake, not Jill, who was crowned prom queen at a Virginia high school.

A pair of thieves dressed as nuns robbed a Chicago bank, in a heist reminiscent of the Hollywood flick The Town, police said.

THE city of New York is at war with a man selling condoms bearing the image of Barack Obama despite a court ruling in his favour.

VALLETTA (Reuters) – Staunchly Catholic Malta approved the introduction of divorce, backing the move by a small majority in a referendum.

JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian tax man convicted of taking bribes from companies looking for lower bills, paid $20,000 to buy a fake passport for overseas jaunts while he was meant to be locked up behind bars, a court heard Tuesday.

The internet phenomenon of lying down in unusual public places.

Celebrities including Stephen Fry and Miranda Hart have lent their voices to “talking benches” at a number of beauty spots.

The Daleks will be given “a rest” from Doctor Who, the series’ chief writer Steven Moffat tells the Radio Times.

A teacher in Mexico has been honoured after she kept a group of children calm by singing with them as a shootout took place outside their school.

Members of the public are being invited to rate the sex appeal of MPs on a mischievous new website.

New Zealand prime minister John Key’s son has been named the country’s top planker after a photo appeared online apparently showing him performing the internet craze as his father looked on.