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The Pope has banned the sale of cigarettes at the Vatican because it is not "legitimate" to profit from something that harms public health. In a statement, the Vatican said Pope Francis had "decided that the Vatican will cease to sell cigarettes to employees as of 2018".

A man caught hiding bullets in his home told suspicious gardaí he was out of breath and sweating when they arrived because he had been "having a wank". Gardaí, who suspected he was attempting to flee or to hide something, said they did not accept his explanation.

Police responding to reports of a fight were stunned when a "significant bulge" in the trousers of one of the feuding pair turned out to be a snake. The drunk 19-year-old was stopped by police following reports he was acting aggressively towards another man in Darmstadt, Hesse.

A woman stands accused of deliberately running red lights in her ex-partner's car and hiding the fines to get him in trouble. Roberto Buratto, 62, eventually found out he was being asked to pay €20,000 towards a mix of fines and penalties for late payment.

A disgruntled customer pulled a gun on McDonald's workers after restaurant staff told him they were out of Egg McMuffins. Shocked staff phoned police after two men, in their 20s, seriously overreacted to the shortage of the popular breakfast sandwich.

An accused man's request for legal assistance was denied because his request to police to "give me a lawyer dog" was deemed ambiguous. Disregarding the colloquial use of "dog", a judgment from the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that 24-year-old Warren Demesme’s constitutional right to legal advice

Two crofters are seeking compensation after one of their Highland cows was allegedly impregnated by a neighbour’s bull. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from the Isle of Lewis, claim that the Belted Galloway bull was found a number of times on land where there livestock was kept, the BBC reports.

Inebriated tourists on ‘beer bikes’ will plague Amsterdam no more after a court ruled that the contraptions be banned. The vehicles are a popular way for groups including stag parties to travel around the Dutch capital while drinking.

A man who sent 144 “nasty” text messages to his ex-girlfriend has been ordered to write her 144 compliments. Judge Rhonda Loo ordered Darren Young, 30, to write a "nice thing" for every "nasty thing" he said after he pleaded no contest to violating his former girlfriend’s protection order, the

Saudi Arabia has conferred citizenship on a robot. Sophia Robot appeared on stage for an interview at a business event in Saudi Arabia when she was told the kingdom had made her a citizen.

A couple who died decades ago have finally been buried following a short legal dispute between local authorities and their son. Eugenious and Hilda Marcel were embalmed after their deaths in 1987 and 1994, but son Melvyn kept their bodies in a freezer pending the construction of a private mausoleum

A prisoner who had a massive package of drugs including heroin and stimulants surgically removed from his rectum is suing authorities for performing the medical procedure on him without his consent. Brian Jesse Willner, 31, alleges prison authorities performed an illegal search and a hospital later

Prison authorities are urgently investigating how Edinburgh prisoners managed to access the Internet and post nude photos of themselves. The offenders are believed to have used secret mobile phones to upload bizarre racy snaps to Facebook and Instagram.

A couple of Amazon customers were left baffled after plastic bins they ordered from the online superstore showed up filled with cannabis. The pair, who have chosen to remain anonymous, ordered four 27-gallon storage bins that should have arrived empty, but were instead carrying a grand total of 65 p

A man is suing jail authorities for £3.8 million after he was mocked by guards and not treated, for a four-day erection caused by a pill he took in jail. Dustin Lance, 32, said he suffered "unbearable pain" from the 91-hour arousal and "irreparable harm to his penis".