Offbeat

Images of Japanese soccer fans cleaning up the stands after World Cup games have impressed the rest of the world, and this time they were joined by supporters of the Senegalese team.

A Rio de Janeiro bar has invented a new drinking game: free shots every time Brazil's superstar Neymar falls down during a crucial World Cup group game against Serbia on Wednesday.

Picture this, you enter a luxury car dealership and pick out a swanky new ride to take home. Feels nice, right? So you can imagine just how bad it would feel if someone in that position ended up crashing that same car. If you're shuddering at the thought of this, chances are you'll sympathise with this woman in China. She reportedly rented a Ferrari and ended up crashing the luxury vehicle moments into her first ride.

A woman's night of drinking ended in disaster after her leg got stuck in an Asian-style toilet. Photos and video going viral on social media in China show the woman slumped on the floor, her right leg partially submerged in the squat toilet. Firefighters had to rescue her in the middle of the night.

A goof-up by low-cost airline Ryanair ruined a woman's plan to surprise her boyfriend with a trip to Portugal's Lisbon.

Two days ago, Kulsum and her friends received a massive package from JK Rowling, delivered to them at their school, the Haji Public School in Jammu and Kashmir.

If you're looking for a pick-me-up (because, well, it's Monday), this story about a teen selflessly helping a deaf and blind man on a flight is just what the doctor ordered. A Facebook post by a co-passenger is winning major love online.

A dump truck in Indiana, USA, accidentally unloaded "processed human waste" along a highway on Wednesday, slowing down traffic and leading to a lot of Twitter puns.

Among those who cheered the end of ban on women drivers were some Saudi police officers who handed out roses to the new drivers. Images of the uniformed officers handing out flowers to women drivers began circulating on social media shortly after the ban was lifted.

A family from a village in Odisha's Bhadrak district was horrified to discover they'd been sharing their home with over a hundred baby cobras. Forest officials and snake catchers helped remove the tiny but highly venomous snakes from their home. The baby cobras will be released into their natural habitat, away from human habitation, say forest officials.

The islands near Karachi, despite their lack of food and fresh water, have become a sanctuary, an alternative where estimates suggest hundreds of dogs avoid the cull.

At the Car-Free Day Festival in Vancouver, Canada, last weekend, festival-goers were treated to the strange sight of a stall selling bottles of "unfiltered hot dog water."

A kangaroo has become the latest social media sensation after invading a football pitch just 2 km from Parliament House in here, Australian authorities said on Monday.

With a lolling tongue and a propensity to drool, English Bulldog Zsa Zsa won best in show at World's Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, California.

Gary Lineker updated his famous quote about the Germans always winning after Toni Kroos's dramatic late goal kept the holders' World Cup dreams alive with a 2-1 win over Sweden.