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The ultraconservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences, according to a human rights organisation.

A man from the US has left the internet divided after he arrived at his own wedding in a coffin.

Some offences are punishable by the death penalty so visitors are urged to be very careful.

A man from the US was charged a whopping $4,000 just for having skin-to-skin contact with his newborn daughter.

A woman from Edinburgh was left astonished and stunned when she discovered a 135-year-old note buried under the floorboard of her house.

Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-hijab protesters and beat women in capital Tehran.

A 50-year-old Chinese man smoked his way through a marathon and managed to finish it in 3 hours and 28 minutes.

Russia and Ukraine both tortured their prisoners of war during the ongoing conflict between the two.

The 4th richest person in the world has yet to set the target amount he plans to give away in his lifetime.

Iran has been facing massive protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

A woman who got her driver's licence just a few weeks ago managed to drive her car straight into a lake.

A Tory MP has been left fuming with anger after someone left a box of faeces outside her constituency office in Gloucestershire.

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has landed herself in another controversy by revealing her plans for child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.

Five lions, including four cubs and one adult, managed to escape from their enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney for a brief period.

Nas Mohamed left Qatar to escape persecution for his sexuality.

The use of the N-word on Twitter, a racist term used against black people, increased by almost 500% after Elon Musk's acquisition of the platform.

A man in China fell seriously sick months after he ate a live crab that had pinched his daughter.

The host country is being criticised over human rights concerns including strict laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

Human rights groups are mobilising against the death sentence by stoning of a woman in Sudan.

China has been accused of setting up more than 50 unofficial police "offices" in several countries across Europe to clamp down on its dissidents.

Gay couples heading to Qatar to witness the Football World Cup in November should not expect to be able to kiss in the streets.

A 54-year-old Indonesian woman was eaten alive by a 16-foot python in the Jambi province of the country, according to local media reports.

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), in a scathing statement, has called for the release of US basketball star Brittney Griner.

An Iranian hermit who was known as the "world's dirtiest man" passed away at the age of 94, months after he took his first bath in decades.

A mother and son in Massachusetts, US, had a near-death experience after they ate highly toxic "death cap" mushrooms foraged from a friend's backyard.

A dengue patient in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh died after allegedly being administered sweet lemon juice instead of blood platelets.

A 23-year-old UK man has been disqualified from driving for 12 months after he was caught doing doughnuts with his car while someone was on its roof.

A 47-year-old underworld criminal who was released by the Russian government so he could go and fight in Ukraine was shot dead after he tried to escape the war.

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