Canadian man fined for loudly singing Everybody Dance Now
Image copyright Columbia Records/Youtube Image caption A screengrab from the 90s hit Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) A Canadian man is contesting a C$149 ($118; £90) ticket for "screaming in a public place" after being caught singing in
Myanmar Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh plea over ‘untenable’ exodus
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRohingya refugees tell the BBC of "house by house" killings Almost a million Rohingya people have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, placing the country in an "untenable" position, Bangladesh's envoy to the UN
AC/DC producer George Young dies at 70
Image caption Young was the creator behind John Paul Young's hit "yesterday's hero" and Stevie Wright's "Evie" Australian songwriter and AC/DC producer George Young has died aged 70."It is with pain in our heart that we have to announce the
Gaza conjoined twins ‘need life saving treatment abroad’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Medics say one of the baby girls is weaker than her sibling The lives of a pair of conjoined twins are in jeopardy unless they are able to leave the Palestinian territory of Gaza, their
UAE drivers face ‘park and pray’ fines
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dubai authorities would much rather drivers parked safely before getting out to pray Drivers in the United Arab Emirates have been told that they face fines if they park at the roadside to pray.The
Nigerian university hires snake charmers after student death
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe battle against deadly snakebites in Nigeria A university in north-west Nigeria is hiring snake charmers to eradicate the danger of fatal snake bites on campus.Zainab Umar, a final-year economics student at
Widow of fallen soldier hits out at Trump
The widow of a fallen US soldier says President Trump couldn't remember her husband's name during a controversial phone call.Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president's "stumbling" had "hurt her the most"."..If my husband
Kenya’s Ruth Odinga to be charged over Kisumu protest
Image copyright AFP Image caption Ruth Odinga is accused of disrupting preparations for Thursday's poll Kenya's chief prosecutor has ordered that opposition leader Raila Odinga's sister should immediately be charged with inciting violence against the election commission. Ruth Odinga entered
China lifts ban on stinky cheese
Image copyright AFP China has reversed an import ban on several types of soft and mould-ripened cheese, including Roquefort, Danish Blue, Gorgonzola and Stilton. The authorities imposed the ban in September because the strains of bacteria used to make the
Danish horse owners face waiting list to feed the lions
Image copyright AFP Image caption 'All part of the food chain' Horse owners in Denmark face a six-month wait if they want to feed their recently deceased equines to the lions.It's become so popular to donate the carcass of your