DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Police arrested an 82-year-ancient man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state’s financing needs.
An evening newspaper has come up with an ingenious way to beat a League One football club’s ban on photographers.
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A male pygmy hippopotamus born in Poland’s Wroclaw Zoo has gone on show for the first time.
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A terminally ill whale that had become stranded near an Australian harbour has been blown up by authorities.
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A Chinese lingerie company has unveiled a new range of underwear featuring a Princess of Wales lookalike model on the 13th anniversary of her death.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A number of Dutch colleges are considering legal action against the publisher of a go-in guide for new freshmen, after the company included an ad recruiting students for jobs as online sex workers.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-ancient woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesday.