Eastern Europe is certainly one of the stranger parts of the world. They have politicians with full body-tattoos, prisoners who have their own language in the form of symbols & codes and leaders who apparently excel at everything. So it’s no surprise that when it comes to Russia (the biggest country within that European block) that they should be home to some of the most colourful, odd and downright weird characters in the whole of Europe itself.

A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as it detonated, eyewitnesses said. The bomb killed the officer, Murad Khan, and eight minors between the ages of 7 and 17.

An Israeli TV company has launched a channel just for dogs. Programs on Dog TV are developed by trainers to comfort canines left home alone, with special colours dogs can see, and soothing music.

Things are heating up on the Korean border today. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has officially cancelled the nonaggression pact between North and South Korea that unofficially ended the Korean War in 1953, closed down the North's shared border with the South, and told his troops to "prepare for war."

Crystal Kelley ran through the calendar once again in her head.

The charges against the girl were brought against her last year after police investigated accusations that her stepfather had raped her and killed their baby. He is still to face trial.

The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Industry and Commerce Minister, Hassan Fakhro, issued an unusual decree this week: he banned the importation of a plastic face mask. Anyone caught importing the V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes mask now faces arrest, as anti-government protesters in the country have been using them to stay anonymous.

Survivors gaze at photographer Margaret Bourke-White and rescuers from the United States Third Army during the liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945.

North Korea is expanding its network of camps for political prisoners, apparently to meet demand for a growing gulag population, according to new satellite images.

Is the $50M heist in Belgium linked to a decade-old crime? By Christopher Dickey and Nadette De Visser.

Goose pulling is an old sport originally played in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, England and North America from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The sport involves a goose that is hung by its legs from a pole or rope that is stretched across a road.

Pakistani police revised the cause of a blast that killed 83 people on Saturday, saying a suicide bomber was behind the attack at a busy marketplace

Amazingly the woman says she is happy to have his name in five-inch high letters on her face and now they plan to get married

Frank Lecerf finally came to a stop in a ditch in Belgium when his Renault Laguna ran out of petrol after 200km trip

The Church of Scientology ran a 60-second commercial in several major metropolitan markets including New York and Los Angeles during Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday causing a stir among viewers.

Based in New York Brooklyn, photographer Danny Ghitis deserves a lot of credit for bolding going where few photographers would dare, or have been given access too. Whilst mainstream media is abuzz with talks of 50 Shades Of Grey more risqué moments, society has generally shied away from discussing our carnal desires, quirks and fetishes for fear of offending the moral majority.

Brilliant advertising of dental floss. But only for the observants!

'Monsignor Meth,' was nabbed on charges that he used an adult novelty shop to launder a transcontinental drug enterprise.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

Police in India have arrested six men in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India - four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the capital outraged Indians and led to calls for tougher rape laws.