A veterinarian is accused of turning puppies into drug mules for a Colombian trafficking ring by cutting their stomachs open and stitching packets of liquid heroin into their bellies.

Sixty-four passengers had to wait up to two hours before being brought down after a roller coaster at Universal Studios in Japan stalls.

A group of five female football fans disguise themselves as men to defy an Iranian ban on women attending a major men's football match.

Gibson guitars, esteemed by generations of guitar greats from Chuck Berry to Slash, files for bankruptcy protection after years of grappling with debt.

North and South Korea dismantle huge loudspeakers used to blare Cold War-style propaganda across their tense border, in line with an agreement on reconciliation after last week's summit.