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Snake Catchers Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan & Gold Coast shared a photo showing the red-bellied black snake in a schoolgirl's Harry Potter backpack.

Shakul Gupta from the north Indian city of Gurugram will also reportedly give a glimpse of different personas to his "prospective girlfriends".

Ekaterina Andreeva, who was performing at a nightclub in Giza, north-western Egypt, was taken off stage by the police for "inciting young people to disobedience and immorality".

A bomb that caused widespread travel disruption in east London will be dragged up the Thames to Shoeburyness, Essex.

Court papers show the flight from the Dominican Republic to New York had to be diverted to Washington for safety reasons.

The footage was shared on social media and shows the boy lying on the ground, asking the rebels if they plan to shoot him.

Behind the ostrich feathers and sequins, the parades tackle serious matters such as crime, corruption, drugs, poverty and intolerance towards the LGBT community.

Kim Jong-un has called for "livening up of the warm climate of reconciliation" between the two Koreas after the successful visit of a Northern delegation to the Winter Olympics.

Doctors from EEA are being blocked from entering the UK after Home Office Tier 2 visa quotas were reached two months in a row.

The celebrations are meant to mark the last day of feasting and celebration before the start of the Lenten period of fasting and abstinence.

The Australian yoga teacher is conducting sell-out workshops, where she encourages the women to strip off to boost confidence and their bedroom experience.

The US and the UK are fighting over what to do with the so-called Isis Beatles, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh who were captured in Syria.

Heartwarming image of Pikin the gorilla resting in the arms of her human companion Appolinaire in the back of a car wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

Response to Oxfam Haiti sex scandal: "Judge me by my work, not what I do in my time off," says aid worker who had sex with prostitutes during Bosnian War.

Derbyshire-native Duncan Robb thought he was buying tickets for LA-based band the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a Christmas present for his girlfriend.

Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has been abducted by armed men from a restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine, after a court rejected his appeal against extradition to Georgia.

A nightclub in Tomsk has allegedly offered a woman a membership and three free drinks if exchange for performing oral sex while on stage.

Passenger at Auckland Airport went for a cigarette break while at the gate and bypassed security upon returning.

Mumsnet user jumpinline has sparked a heated debate on the website over the role parents are expected to play in the children's financial matters.

An elderly woman who was trapped in her bathtub for three days has been rescued after Essex police broke into her house.

Malaysian newspaper Sinar Harian sparks outrage after publishing checklist how to recognise LGBT people. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia and carries a 20-year prison sentence.

Penny Lawrence resigns as charity faces further criticism workers used prostitutes following major 2010 earthquake.

A father of two who has worked a school crossing for 20 years has quit after the local council told him giving out high-fives was potentially grooming.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to continue strikes in Syria despite the risk of sparking a conflict with Iran via its Syrian and Lebanese proxies.

Germany celebrates its annual Rose Monday carnival in traditional fashion: with floats featuring huge, unflattering puppets of politicians.

CNN slammed by leading public figures for its praise of North Korean diplomat's visit to South Korea.

Around 138,000 houses and flats have been damaged or completely destroyed by the bitter conflict, say experts.

Users in West Midlands could soon be offered heroin is special drug consumption rooms to tackle £1.4bn a year costs to public service.

"Shoot female rebels in their vaginas," President Rodrigo Duterte tells Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).