Pigeon arrested
A Pakistani villager has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return his pigeon, currently being held in India on charges of spying. The man, who lives just 4km from the border, said he flew his pigeons to celebrate Eid festival. Police said the pigeon had a ring on one of its legs, inscribed with a code that they were trying to decipher. The Pakistani villager, who claims the arrested pigeon is his, says the code is actually his mobile phone number. In October 2016, another pigeon was taken into custody after it was found with a note threatening Modi.
Over the moon
During a 1968 visit to Rome, William D Borders, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Florida, told Pope Paul VI that he was now bishop of the Moon. According to the 1917 Code of Canon Law at the time, any newly discovered territory fell under the jurisdiction of the diocese from which the discovering expedition had left - and Borders' diocese included Brevard County, home of Cape Canaveral. Arguably, then, Borders' diocese encompassed 14.5 million sq miles. The pontiff's reaction is not recorded.