A Swaziland high court judge has become entangled in messy battle over custody of a dachshund puppy, which he is accused of dog-napping from a neighbour using a falsified court order.

Britain's intelligence services are under pressure to explain their knowledge of two Islamists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London, amid claims they had tried to recruit one of them.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied that he smokes crack cocaine, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug.