Scientology was convicted of organized fraud in France, in a ruling issued on Tuesday by a court in Paris. According to French law the Scientology organization is regarded as a sect in the country, and not a religion. The organization is heavily monitored by the government of Germany, and has been prosecuted in multiple other...

Falcon Heene, a six-year-old boy from Fort Collins in the U.S. state of Colorado, has been found safe and unharmed after earlier reports said he boarded an experimental balloon the family was building and then floated away. The Larimer County sheriff announced during a press conference at 6:11 p.m. that Heene was found hiding...

After auctioning off his entire life on eBay for $399,300 US (€244 912.148), Ian Usher says he is "a little bit disappointed" at the final selling price.The 44-year-old British immigrant living in Perth, Australia, put all of his worldly belongings up for sale on the popular auction website, including his three-bedroom house...

Archaeologists have revealed that evidence of a second stone circle has been found near the site of Stonehenge in the United Kingdom. It is thought the smaller circle was built around the same time, making it 5,000 years old.Only chips remain of the 27 stones that made up the site, which was built from spotted dolerite rocks...

A passerby pushed a man, who was threatening to commit suicide, off Haizhu Bridge in Guangzhou, China.The 66-year-old passerby, Lai Jiansheng, told China Daily that "I pushed him off because jumpers... are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interests."Lai initially volunteered his services to police to persuade...

International Talk Like a Pirate Day was celebrated last week, as it has every September 19 for the last decade.The tradition was started by John Baur and Mark Summers, known to fellow pirates as Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket. It became popular in 2002, when U.S. author Dave Barry joined the support. Baur and Summers are ...

Be careful how you celebrate Hallowe'en this year, particularly if you're spending the holiday in Fiji.This summer, a group of 14 Freemasons were arrested and held in Fiji on charges of sorcery. The group, which included eight Australians and one New Zealander, was arrested on Denarau Island. They were held for 24 hours at ...

Two Internet bloggers from Azerbaijan could be getting up to five years in prison after posting a video of a donkey giving a press conference on YouTube, a free video sharing website.Adnan Hajizade, 26 and Emin Milli, 29, posted the video on YouTube as a joke. It was in the country's native language, with English subtitles....

In Wamsutter, Wyoming, U.S., a fire crew was trying to put out a fire of a wine truck on a highway when they received an unexpected surprise.Wine corks started to burst out of the wreckage as bottles started to explode from the heat. Wyoming Highway Patrol Lt. Scott Keane said, "The corks were popping out of the bottles like...

Police officers in Richmond in south-west London, England are removing valuable items like handbags and laptops from unlocked vehicles and leaving notes telling owners to collect their items in Twickenham police station in a bid to try and encourage car drivers to lock the doors of their vehicles. There is a high number of ...