Teatime revels in China now include hugs with lion cubs in a four-course afternoon set offered by a restaurant in the northern province of Shanxi, drawing widespread attention online and fuelling ...

A teacher who was mauled by a lion at a zoo has been pictured for the first time as a video of staff kissing the predator emerged online.

An escaped pet lion chased a woman and two children down a busy street in Pakistan's Lahore, police said, with dramatic footage showing the big cat leaping a wall before pouncing on them.