Category: World News

Huge Catholic procession held under heavy security in Manila

Filipino Roman Catholic devotees climb the carriage to kiss and rub with their towels the image of the Black Nazarene to celebrate its feast day Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. The raucous celebration drew tens of thousands of devotees in a barefoot procession for several hours around Manila streets and end up with several people injured.

China warns after Cruz, Abbot, meet Taiwan’s president

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, left, shakes hands with First Vice President of Honduras Ricardo Alvarez after arriving at Soto Cano Air Base outside Comayagua, Honduras, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. The Taiwanese leader will meet with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Monday, as part of a weeklong state tour to reinforce Taiwanese relations with Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

US, North Korea trade warnings over potential ICBM test

In this April 24, 2016 file photo, a man walks by as people watch a TV news program showing an image published earlier in the day in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile that the North claimed to have launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea. With Donald Trump getting ready to become president, North Korea is talking about launching an ICBM and Washington officials are saying they will shoot down anything that threatens the territory of the U.S. or its allies.

Sting brought what to Globes?

English singer Sting performs during the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Concert at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway, December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Jon Olav Nesvold/NTB Scanpix ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

In this undated file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning's battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing's flexing its muscles.

Sting’s strange accessory at the Golden Globes

English singer Sting performs during the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Concert at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway, December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Jon Olav Nesvold/NTB Scanpix ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Fresh gunfire in Ivory Coast as officials seek end to mutiny

In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Ivory Coast troops provide security during an election rally of Ivory Coast incumbent President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Some unidentified soldiers have launched mutinies in three cities across this West African country on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, demanding higher pay and bringing the threat of unrest back to Africa's fastest-growing economy, authorities said.

Jordan to charge 12 in online abuse of Turkey attack victims

People look at floral tributes left outside the nightclub for the victims of the gunman attack, in Istanbul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Police on Thursday conducted more raids in their hunt for the gunman that killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, detaining several people at a housing complex in the city's outskirts, the state-run news agency reported.

South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths

Victims and their families of toxic humidifier disinfectants hold a press conference against a court's sentence at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. A South Korean court has sentenced the former head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser to seven years in prison after the company's disinfectant for humidifiers killed scores of people.

News of the Weird 1.4.16

The Hastens workshop in Koping, Sweden, liberally using the phrase "master artisans" recently, unveiled its made-to-order $149,900 mattress. Bloomberg News reported in December on Hastens' use of superior construction materials such as pure steel springs, "slow-growing" pine, multiple layers of flax, horsehair lining , and cotton covered by flame-retardant wool batting.

The Secret Jewish History of Strange Fruit

Editor's Note: Rebecca Ferguson, an "X-Factor" winner, recently made headlines when she was invited to sing at Donald Trump's inauguration. Ferguson responded by saying that she would perform if she could sing "Strange Fruit," the haunting, classic song about lynching made famous by Billie Holiday.

Arabic Social Media Unimpressed With – Bizarre’ John Kerry Mideast Speech

Arab social media users were not impressed with outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry's speech outlining his vision of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Twitter users charged that Barack Obama, the lame duck US president, is going out of his way to try to secure a legacy in his last days in office, and said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not have the powers necessary to implement the process toward statehood as outlined in Kerry's speech and the UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements.

SKorea shuts website mapping women of childbearing age

A journalist watches a screen showing a press release from the South Korean Ministry of the Interior about the birth map showing the number of women in childbearing age at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. South Korea's government closed its website that drew fury for showing the number of women in childbearing age by each city district and region.

Turkish committee clears draft expanding leaders’s powers

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during an award ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Turkey on Thursday rejected Washington's denials that it has provided weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia force which Ankara considers to be a terrorist group and again complained about a lack of support from the U.S.-led coalition to its offensive against the Islamic State group in northern Syria.

SKorea shuts website mapping women of childbearing age

A journalist watches a screen showing a press release from the South Korean Ministry of the Interior about the birth map showing the number of women in childbearing age at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. South Korea's government closed its website that drew fury for showing the number of women in childbearing age by each city district and region.

Love, loss on display at failed-relationships museum

After her husband asked for a divorce, Amber Clisura gave back her engagement ring, kicked him out of the house and tossed everything that reminded her of the ruined marriage. Except for one item: a polished steel barbecue smoker that her future ex-husband had fashioned for her from an old oil drum.

Dog treats spiked with nails in park

Police have urged people to come forward after dog treats spiked with nails and cocktail sticks were found near the entrance to a popular dog walking spot. A dog owner discovered the sickening "treats", which appear to be a concoction of slices of ham, spiked wooden sticks and nails, when he took his pet down the riverside, near the entrance to Avenham Park in Preston.

The 35 most bizarre photos of 2016

While there have been plenty of newsworthy, powerful, and deeply moving photographs created this year - there's also been a handful of playful, humorous moments that the Reuters award-winning team of photographers have captured. Three-year-old Oliver Quiros competes dressed as an astronaut riding a space shuttle in the Haunted Heats Halloween Surf Contest in Santa Monica, California.

Vandals spray paint bizarre graffiti on walls of Caernarfon Castle

The words 'Magna Carter Article 61' have been sprayed in red paint on a lower section of the walls opposite Slate Quay close to the 'swing bridge'. Local Sergeant Rhys Gough from Caernarfon said: "Sometime between mid-evening on Tuesday 27th and about 9am the following morning Wednesday 28th December someone has been daubed graffiti on the castle walls.

Germany: chemical odors lead police to failed alchemist

A German landlady's concerns about suspicious chemical odors from her tenant's apartment led police to a man who was trying unsuccessfully to extract gold from old cellphone and computer circuit boards. The woman went to police in Braubach, near the western city of Koblenz, on Wednesday, concerned that she hadn't seen her 28-year-old tenant for some time.

Germany: chemical odors lead police to failed alchemist

A German landlady's concerns about suspicious chemical odors from her tenant's apartment led police to a man who was trying unsuccessfully to extract gold from old cellphone and computer circuit boards. The woman went to police in Braubach, near the western city of Koblenz, on Wednesday, concerned that she hadn't seen her 28-year-old tenant for some time.

Canadian man punches cougar attacking a dog near fast food chain

A Canadian man punched a cougar in the face to stop it from attacking his dog in a wooded area near a fast food chain in Whitecourt, central Alberta, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Wednesday. William Gibb, 31, from Red Deer, Alberta, had stopped at a Tim Hortons outlet, a popular Canadian restaurant chain on his 600-kilometer drive to Grand Prairie on the evening of Dec. 26 and let his dog out for a walk, Whitecourt RCMP Sergeant Tom Kalis said.

The snake in a vacuum cleaner, a gull in a curry and the sheep with …

The snake in a vacuum cleaner, a gull in a curry and the sheep with a traffic cone on is head: RSPCA releases their top ten most bizarre animal rescues of the year The RSPCA have released their top ten most bizarre animal rescues of 2016 - including a sheep with a TRAFFIC CONE stuck on its head and a snake trapped in a VACUUM CLEANER. Hilarious pictures also show a seagull that fell into a vat of curry and turned orange, a dog with its head stuck in a fence and a cow firmly wedged in an animal feeder.

China gives Trump the bird

A Chinese shopping mall is ringing in the year of the rooster with a giant sculpture of a chicken that looks like U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. China has gone cuckoo for the cartoonish pastiche - complete with an orange pompadour - of the billionaire politician in Taiyuan, capital of the northern province of Shanxi.

Christmas service accidentally prints Tupac’s “Hail Mary” lyrics Read Story Andrea Park, CBS News

A Christmas service pamphlet from a Sri Lankan church went viral after it mistakenly printed Tupac's "Hail Mary" lyrics instead of the words to the 1,000-year-old prayer that includes passages from the Gospel of Luke. Instead, Columbo churchgoers at Joy to the World 2016, one of Sri Lanka's largest carol services, were surprised to see lines like, "Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' p***y" and "Killuminati, all through your body.

China resumes ties with Sao Tome in triumph over Taiwan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, shares a light moment with his Sao Tome counterpart Urbino Botelho after a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. China and Sao Tome and Principe officially resumed diplomatic relations on Monday, in a triumph for Beijing over rival Taiwan after the African island nation abruptly broke away from the self-ruled island last week.

May the farce be with you: Bizarre footage shows a parking…

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The Latest: Italian policeman shot during shootout with Amri

Italian police cordon off an area around a body after a shootout between police and a man in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood, Italy, early Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Italy's interior minister Marco Minniti says the man killed in an early-hours shootout in Milan is "without a shadow of doubt" the Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri.

‘A gift from Kim Jong-un’: Uproar as North Korean soldiers given a…

'A gift from Kim Jong-un': Uproar as North Korean soldiers given a new diet by their leader, which causes a mass outbreak of diarrhea thanks to 'strange smelling' sandfish North Korea's border guards have been struck by a mass outbreak of diarrhea, after Kim Jong-un decided their diet needed improving. Soldiers are reported to be cynically describing the unpleasant illness as a 'gift from Kim Jong-un' - with strange smelling sandfish believed to be the cause.

Strange bedfellows: American civil rights group aligned with Middle East terror group

It's essential that we hear the cry that black lives matter just as much as any others, and respond with solutions that foster equality and justice. We know that disparities and prejudice are not limited to police shootings, but the young black man followed in a store on the discriminatory assumption that he must be a shoplifter, or the African-American missing child who won't get the same crucial press coverage as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl.

Woman lavishes A 1,250 on Christmas presents for her dogs – more than she spent on her boyfriend

Vikki Jose, 26, spoils her 'furry babies', four-year-old Labrador, Harvey and two-year-old Bichon Frise, Lola during the festive season Vikki Jose, 26, spoils her 'furry babies', four-year-old Labrador, Harvey and two-year-old Bichon Frise, Lola during the festive season. The pampered pooches even have their own Christmas wish list for Santa - as well as personalised stockings and advent calendars with doggy treats inside.

My Ikea nights: New craze irks Swedish furniture giant

A new fad that has people hiding out in IKEA stores overnight and walking out the next morning has left the Swedish retailer less than amused. In Europe, pranksters seeking a thrill have followed in the footsteps of Bram Geirnaert and Florian Van Hecke, two Belgian students who filmed and posted on YouTube a video clip about the night they spent last summer at an Ikea store in Ghent.

Cabinet minister Matt Canavan accuses ABC of publishing ‘fake news’ in bizarre Adani interview

A Turnbull government minister has accused the ABC of running "fake news" in its coverage of the Adani coal mine and treating regional Queensland like "flyover country". In a bizarre interview with the broadcaster's AM radio program on Thursday morning, Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan said the ABC's coverage of an Indian finance ministry probe into the Adani group was "nothing but fake news".

Officials: Native dreamcatchers used in meth smuggling bid new

A Mexican woman tried to smuggle liquid methamphetamine into the U.S. by hiding it inside Native American-style dreamcatchers when she crossed the border into New Mexico over the weekend, federal officials said Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the woman was detained Sunday in Columbus, New Mexico when she crossed from Puerto Palomas, Mexico, and a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers.

Officials: Native dreamcatchers used in meth smuggling bid

This Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows dreamcatchers filled with liquid methamphetamine seized by U.S. border agents in Columbus, N.M. A woman is facing charges after a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers. This Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows dreamcatchers filled with liquid methamphetamine seized by U.S. border agents in Columbus, N.M. A woman is facing charges after a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers.

Inside the bizarre Bel-Air mansion filled with self portraits and…

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Bizarre garment rules tie down textiles companies

NEW DELHI: Did you know that your shirt may be among several products that mandatorily need a date of manufacturing? And till a few years ago, some shirts also had to mention the date of expiry to avoid "visits" by "inspectors". The country's archaic and often bizarre rules for garment manufacturers and retailers meant that the last vestiges of 'Inspector Raj' continued for this crucial sector .

Alexander Downer’s bizarre BBC video urging Britain to get on with leaving the EU

London: Australia's High Commissioner to Britain, Alexander Downer, has appeared in a self-narrated and often wooden short documentary on the BBC to urge Britain to "get on" with leaving the European Union. The four-minute film features Mr Downer strolling through Australia House and is set to an acoustic version of Waltzing Matilda and finishes with Mr Downer being chauffeured through central London in a Jaguar car with the numberplate "AUS1."

Twitter users share the most bizarre products made especially for males

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Can YOU spot what’s wrong with this image? Photograph of six…

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