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Ballot counting in Papua New Guinea's general election has been delayed following accusations of sorcery. Recounts have been ordered in two constituencies after candidates alleged that witchcraft has been used to remove their votes.

A top TV producer screamed "get ready to die" at a bewildered motorist in a botched citizen's arrest captured on a smartphone camera. Fergus Beeley, producer of some David Attenborough nature documentaries, has been subject to online mockery after a video emerged of him screaming at a family in a su

A judge has offered inmates less jail time if they undergo vasectomies or use birth control implants. Judge Sam Benningfield in White County, Tennessee told WFTV he was tired of hearing from inmates who said they could not afford child support.

With the new football season just around the corner, UK authorities have warned organisers of informal fantasy football leagues not to ask others to join their competition via social media or risk falling foul of gambling laws. The Gambling Commission raised the issue in a statement explaining that

The electoral commissioner of Papua New Guinea has won a court order against a critical blogger who compared him to a tomato. Patilias Gamato took Martyn Namarong to court after he called him "Patilias Tomato" and allegedly posted an image of him with a tomato for a head.

A judge has agreed to resign after he was caught swiping fancy business card holders from a social club. A lawyer representing Judge Michael S. Williams said he had decided against fighting the allegations because he wanted to retire anyway.

More than 22,000 people have inadvertently signed up for 1,000 hours of community service each after failing to read the terms of a public Wi-Fi hotspot. Manchester-based company Purple inserted the community service clause into the terms and conditions for its public Wi-Fi hotspots to illustrate "a

A dog cannot be a ringbearer in a wedding ceremony because marriage is too serious and important, a town mayor has insisted. A couple in northern Italy have been told they cannot have their dogs carry their wedding rings during their planned wedding, Eco di Bergamo reports.

Police shot two people dressed as characters from Batman as they engaged in a sex act at a special nightclub event. Dale Ewins, 35, who came as the Joker, was seriously injured after being shot in the stomach after officers mistook his replica gun for the real thing.

A group of Italians took the tradition of running during Pamplona’s bull festival in Spain too far after they tried to abscond from a restaurant without paying. Officers from the regional Navarra police force were called in after 15 people ran off without paying their bill, which amounted to €62

A man has been arrested after taking his pet crocodile for a walk on a beach. The unknown man kept the reptile on a leash in shallow water as children petted it.

French cops took root and branch action to destroy what they thought was an illegal cannabis farm – only to discover that the 400 square metres of weed that they ripped up was an installation mixture of hemp, barley and flax that had been planted as part of the "Lyon Architecture Biennial". The in

A man made an unusual marriage proposal after getting down on one knee while handcuffed and under arrest. Brandon Thompson was arrested for six felony warrants on America's Independence Day, which was also his birthday.

The heirs of a man who kept his wife's body in cold storage so he could fraudulently claim her welfare payments have repaid the US government the money. The US Attorney's Office has confirmed that Allan Dunn's heirs have sold his condo and paid $15,743 from the proceedings to the Social Security Adm

A woman was arrested as she was being booked into prison after police caught her with crystal meth — in her buttocks. Officers pulled Summer Adamson, 30, over after she was reported for allegedly breaking a car window.