A Swedish man who sent bills to thousands of people who visited a porn site and threatened to publish their names if they failed to pay was sentenced Monday to two and a half years' jail for extortion.

Dennies Pettersson, 42, who had acquired the Swedish rights for streaming videos on a foreign website, sent bills to people he claimed had watched the clips, demanding payment ranging from tens to hundreds of euros. 

A thief struck by misfortune since stealing two artifacts 20 years ago has returned them along with an appeal to others to refrain from plundering antiquities, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday.

The 2,000-year-old sling stones, which were taken from the ancient city of Gamla on the Golan Heights, were left last week in a bag in the courtyard of the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Israel's southern city of Beersheba, said the IAA.

Two people were gored Monday while running through the streets alongside half-tonne fighting bulls at Spain's famed Pamplona festival, organizers said.

Runners in white clothes and red neckerchiefs fell under the beasts' hooves as they sprinted over the cobblestones on the seventh bull run of the festival.

Step aside Abe-nomics, the Shinzo Abe brandwagon is rolling on... into honey, after the Japanese prime minister's wife decided to establish a beehive at their official residence.

First lady Akie Abe wants hives enough for up to 10,000 Japanese honeybees, right in the center of Tokyo, and intends to harvest "Abe-brand" honey later this year, reports and an NGO said.

McDonald's swears up and down that the little yellow "Minions" Happy Meal toy is speaking only nonsense words and not something a little more adult.

Experts say the company may be right, and the curse words many hear may be tied to how our brains are primed to find words even when they're not really there.

Police say a burglary suspect in the state of Alabama was taken into custody after being chased by a bull through a cow pasture.

Sheriff Scott Walls told a local TV station that 26-year-old Brad Lynn Hemby was being sought in connection with a burglary Wednesday morning.

This hungry U.S. Labrador has some unusual taste buds.

A Pennsylvania veterinarian retrieved 62 hair bands, eight pairs of underwear and a bandage from the dog's stomach during exploratory surgery.

Paris, the city of light, love, and tourists, has released a new mobile app called "Yes I speak touriste" to help foreigners struggling with their French find some respite.

The app provides users with an interactive map showing locations like restaurants and hotels where their native tongue is spoken. 

A young woman who was critically injured in a car crash in Scotland spent three days waiting with the dead body of her boyfriend for help to arrive, it emerged Thursday.

Lamara Bell's father accused police of ignoring his 25-year-old daughter after officers admitted they had received a report of the crash on Sunday but failed to act.

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, center, introduces an Indian official to He's flown with cranes, petted a polar bear and tranquilized a tiger. Now Vladimir Putin is ready to face the Downward Dog.

In a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Russian city of Ufa, the Russian president said Wednesday he wants to try out the discipline of yoga.