Britain’ fattest man - who weighed 65 stone aged 33 - was found dead just hours after ordering apple crumble and ice cream from his favourite takeaway.

A Japanese man has been attracting attention on the streets of Tokyo walking his pet giant African tortoise.

Jon Stewart had almost no jokes for his audience Thursday night in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Taliban have carried out a co-ordinated attack on the Afghan parliament in the capital, Kabul, where heavy fighting is still going on.

An 87-year-old Hungarian woman aims this weekend to set a world record by beating 1920s Cuban chess grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca at his own game: simultaneous play.

Al-Jazeera says one of its senior journalists has been arrested in Germany at the request of Egypt.

Think of those lame bridal shower games, with blob-like toilet paper wedding gowns that are good for a laugh, but not much else.