• 

  Trump ‘live figure’ thumps Merkel at Berlin's Madame Tussauds

  Reuters. Berlin | Updated at 05:39pm on August 15, 2018

  Madame Tussauds in Berlin unveiled its latest attraction on Tuesday - a posturing Donald Trump figure striking a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on...

• 

  Hands and feet tied, body in sack, Bulgarian reclaims swimming record

  Reuters. Macedonia | Updated at 07:27pm on July 25, 2018

  Swimming instructor, lifeguard and adventurer Yane Petkov - Bulgaria's answer to Houdini and Michael Phelps combined - reclaimed on Tuesday the Guinness world record for...

• 

  ‘Treasure ship’ claim raises eyebrows in South Korea

  Reuters | Updated at 09:16pm on July 19, 2018

  A company claiming to have found the wreck of a Russian warship with $130 billion in gold ‘treasure’ off the coast of South Korea has...

• 

  Saudi woman may face sex charge, jail for hugging pop star on stage

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 05:35pm on July 15, 2018

  A woman may face charges under a new harassment law in Saudi Arabia after storming a stage to hug a pop star, authorities and local...

• 

  Headscarved Malaysian girl wows with freestyle football skills

  Agence France-Presse . Klang | Updated at 08:34pm on July 13, 2018

  The slick freestyle football moves of a Malaysian Muslim girl have boosted her into the spotlight in a country where the sport is dominated by...

• 

  How a Macedonian town became a 'fake news' epicentre

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 06:41pm on July 12, 2018

  Jovan got a pair of Nike sneakers and went on holiday to Greece, his reward for having helped turn the small Macedonian town of Veles...

• 

  Malaysia mosque bans tourists after dance video goes viral

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 05:36pm on June 25, 2018

  A Malaysian mosque has banned tourists after a video of two female visitors in skimpy outfits dancing in front of the Muslim holy site went...

• 

  Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women discovered in surrogacy raid

  Reuters. Phnom Penh | Updated at 07:51pm on June 23, 2018

  Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women who were carrying babies on behalf of Chinese clients have been discovered during a raid on an illegal...

• 

  World Cup reporter kissed, harassed on live TV

  Newage desk | Updated at 11:17am on June 21, 2018

  A female journalist reporting at the World Cup in Russia was sexually assaulted live on air and later posted video of the incident on social...

• 

  Hunger-strike filmmaker ready to die in Russian jail

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 11:45am on June 11, 2018

  When the World Cup kicks off in Russia on Thursday Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia, will...