• 

  First dog cafe delights Saudi Arabian pet lovers

  Agence France-Presse .Khobar, Saudi Arabia | Updated at 12:44pm on September 29, 2020

  Dog owners in Saudi Arabia can now enjoy a cup of coffee alongside their beloved pets at a new cafe – a first for the...

• 

  Frenchman held for assaulting woman in ‘short’ outfit

  Agence France-Presse . Mulhouse, France | Updated at 10:51am on September 25, 2020

  A young Frenchman was on Thursday handed a two month suspended jail sentence for assaulting two women one of whose outfit he claimed was too...

• 

  Argentine MP kisses partner's breast during videoconference

  Agence France-Presse. Buenos Aires | Updated at 10:35am on September 25, 2020

  An Argentine lawmaker was suspended Thursday after kissing his partner's breasts during a parliamentary session being held by videoconference, a scene that quickly went viral...

• 

  Ancient footprints discovered in Saudi Arabia

  United News of Bangladesh/Xinhua. Dhaka | Updated at 08:03pm on September 17, 2020

  Saudi Arabia's Heritage Commission has announced the discovery of ancient human and animal footprints dating back more than 120,000 years in Tabuk in northern Saudi...

• 

  Australian stinging trees contain scorpion-like venom: scientists

  Agence France-Presse. Brisbane | Updated at 05:40pm on September 17, 2020

  Australia is notorious for its venomous spiders, snakes and sea creatures, but researchers have now identified ‘scorpion-like’ toxins secreted by a tree that can cause...

• 

  Dutch sex toy firm banned as football shirt sponsor

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 05:10pm on September 17, 2020

  The Dutch football federation has blocked FC Emmen from having a sex toy company as a shirt sponsor, leaving the top-tier side ‘amazed and upset’....

• 

  Iraqis dig up COVID-19 dead to rebury in family graves

  Agence France-Presse .Najaf, Iraq | Updated at 10:22am on September 13, 2020

  Mohammad al-Bahadli dug into Iraq’s hot desert sand with bare hands to reach his father’s corpse. ‘Now he can finally be with our people, our...

• 

  Facebook blocks bed-ridden man’s end-of-life broadcasts

  United News of Bangladesh / Associated Press . Le Pecq, France | Updated at 12:11pm on September 06, 2020

  Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French president Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what he expects will be a painful end to his life after he announced that he was stopping all food and drink...