Teenage girl killed by shark while jet skiing in Australian river

Police in Western Australia say a teenage girl was killed in a suspected shark attack in Perth after she jumped from her jet ski.

2nd Chinese balloon detected over Latin America, Pentagon says

The spectacle drew severe Pentagon accusations of spying on Friday, while sending some excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars.

Chinese balloon: Montana man describes 'surreal' experience capturing spectacle on camera

“I’m a little bit disturbed that the surveillance balloon — if that is, in fact, what it was — made it this far into our country and was hovering over my hometown” Chase Doak told LiveNOW from FOX.

Italian mob fugitive found working at French pizzeria after 16 years

Interpol says police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ’ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years.

Bobi, 30-year-old dog in Portugal, breaks record for world's oldest dog ever

A 30-year-old purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo has been declared the world’s oldest dog at 30 years and 266 days, Guinness World Records said.

Man, caught at palace with crossbow, admits plan to kill Queen Elizabeth

In 2021, prosecutors say, the former supermarket worker scaled a wall with a rope ladder and entered the castle grounds, wearing a metal mask and carrying a loaded crossbow with the safety catch off.

Child abuser, ex-pop star Gary Glitter freed from UK prison

Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s.

Watch: Fishermen cling to cooler after boat capsizes off Australian coast

The three men grabbed anything still floating when their boat started taking on water off the coast of Australia and held on for hours, officials said.

Video: Tourist whacked with stick, heckled after illegally climbing Mayan pyramid

The incident happened over the weekend at the archaeological site of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula — a popular tourist destination.

Blood-flavored popsicles help zoo animals beat Rio's heat

The flavors of ice given to the zoo's carnivores aren't found at your average summer hotspot: Chicken, minced meat and bovine blood. But 14-year-old lion Simba and the 3-year-old black jaguar Poty lap it up.

Australia to remove British royals from its bank notes

The nation’s central bank said Thursday its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.

U.S. citizen jailed for walking pet calf in Moscow

An American woman has been sentenced to jail for walking her pet calf in Moscow's Red Square.

Former Mexico zoo director killed, cooked 4 goats for Christmas party

Investigators said the former director of a zoo in southern Mexico killed and cooked four of the zoo's pygmy goats and served them up at a Christmas-season party.

Tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off truck in Australia found

The radioactive capsule the size of a pea fell off a truck last month. “They have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” an Australian official said.

Where in the world has it never snowed?

Believe it or not, a tropical island has seen snow more recently than an area of Antarctica.