When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

The police's National Diversity Expertise Centre (LECD) wants sex allowed in all public parks in the Netherlands.

A British man celebrated his 60th birthday in unexpected style at the weekend when a 50 pence ($1) bet on the horses turned him into an instant millionaire.

Finding your better half this Valentine's Day could be as easy as hailing a taxi — especially if Ahmed Ibrahim is in the driver's seat.

Three Myanmar fishermen who say they spent nearly three months adrift at sea in a raft after their boat was destroyed in a cyclone were rescued off the east Indian coast on Wednesday, police said.

A German medical student got some unexpected practical experience at the zoo when she gave the kiss of life to a baby tiger choking on a piece of meat, the zoo director said Friday.

The prescription to lower your blood pressure may be as simple as this: Don’t worry. Be happy. A study by University of Texas Medical Branch faculty members links positive emotions to lower blood pressure.

Community rallies around man, gives him $4,000 for returning $21,000 bond

"Helping people is the focus, even if it means handing out heat packs to the homeless in the winter when hard-pressed to find something to do."