An Indian fringe group celebrates the "victory" of US presidential contender Donald Trump, hailing his friendship with diaspora Indians and backing his call to ban immigration by Muslims from countries hit by Islamic militancy.

Dracula's castle in Transylvania welcomes first overnight guests in nearly 70 years.

The Florida college student accused of killing a couple and chewing on the dead man's face told deputies, "Help me, I ate something bad" and then admitted it was "humans" as he spit out a piece of flesh, court documents show.

Leaders of a California college town are working to relocate turkeys that have been harassing people on the streets.

A North Carolina woman sets out to teach her husband a lesson about the lottery. Instead she is the one who gets schooled.

Life starts acting a bit weird for Reuben Nsemoh lately. He's fretted over whether he'll ever get to play his favorite sport again after he suffered a concussion in a soccer game.

A woman in Sacramento, California who this week carried a human skull on a stick through the streets has prompted an investigation into the identity of the deceased and the cause of death, police said on Friday.

"No garlic or garlic-scented items allowed, including perfume," read the house rules of Count Dracula's castle to ensure that Halloween night guests cannot avoid the vampire.

A Tokyo burger joint gets its customers in on the US election action by asking them to choose the better burger from two representing US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.

Tucked away on a coastal Hong Kong hillside is a different type of recycling point -- here, thousands of unwanted statues of deities look out to sea, gathered and repaired after their owners discard them.

A record 1,201 couples renew their wedding vows at a ceremony on the campus of Western Michigan University.

If you're thinking of attaching a "love lock" on the Brooklyn Bridge be warned: There'll be a price to pay.

A Styrofoam model of a hot air-blowing Donald Trump and another of a toothy Hillary Clinton riding the Democratic Party's donkey mascot are among the skeletons and zombies in a Halloween display that has become an attraction and is stopping traffic in a Connecticut town.

What happens when a man with physical disability takes on a perfectly healthy opponent? Who has the upper hand or in this case the upper leg (pun intended)?

Students are being allowed to play mobile phone game Pokemon Go as part of their degree course.

Dutch authorities are taking the US makers of Pokemon Go to court after the company failed to respond to pleas to stop hordes of fans flocking to protected beaches.

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was pictured in the historically risqué pages of Playboy for the first time ever.

Seven rare white wild cats — four lions and three tigers — have been born in a private zoo in central Poland.

The giant orange dinosaur seen by thousands of motorists a day on a Massachusetts highway is saved from extinction.

2016's World Black Pudding Throwing Championships, a more than 100-year-old tournament centered around hurling blood sausage, is won by the first thrower.