A MASSIVE search for a missing five-year-old foster child has begun after the biological parents allegedly assaulted a care worker and kidnapped her during a routine meeting. Identified as Miranda MM, the young child vanished with her biological family a few days ago during a planned meeting, according to authorities. The National Police have launched...

A 13-YEAR-old gunman has killed two staff members and injured several others in a school shooting in Brazil. Horror footage shows panicked students being hurriedly rushed into a classroom at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, in the northern state of Acre. In a statement, governor Mailza Assis said: "The state expresses...

THE rat virus-ridden cruise ship will dock in the Canary Islands - as authorities frantically search for dozens who flew with an infected cruise passenger who later died. Three passengers on the Dutch MV Hondius have died of the rare - but severe - hantavirus, sparking a global health scare that has authorities desperate to...

AS barmaid Beverly Sue Walts sits down for a well-earned break, she leans over and tells me: Welcome to Americas most secret town. We call it the town under one roof. I have made one of the strangest journeys of my life to a remote outpost in Alaska, tucked between mountains and the sea. But...

TWO teenagers have been left with life-changing injuries after igniting what they thought was a harmless homemade firework - but was actually a deadly pipe bomb. Carter Grabowski and Preston Sloan were setting off fireworks at a friend's house in Richmond, Missouri, when they lit the homemade explosive. Grabowski, 17, lost both of his hands...

THIS is the shocking moment a breathtakingly skinny tiger has struggled to walk up a small hill leaving zoo visitors stunned by its emaciated body. The big cat drew gasps from onlookers as it staggered through its enclosure, with ribs and hip bones clearly visible beneath the skin. In harrowing footage caught at the Chuandong...

AT LEAST nine workers have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in Colombia. Another six miners were rescued from the shafts after emergency services rushed to the scene in Sutatausa, north of the capital, Bogota. Colombia's national mining agency had warned the mine's operators of a "potentially dangerous gas build-up" after an...

THIS is the shocking moment a woman punches another female passenger in the face on a packed plane. Dramatic footage shows a trio of furious flyers grappling over luggage taking up too much space ahead of take off. The heated brawl unfolded shortly after passengers boarded a three-hour economy flight from southwest Russia to Siberia....

THIS is the shocking moment a matador was brutally gored in the groin - as horrified crowds watched the bulls horns drive into his body. Albert Duran, 36, was left fighting for recovery in hospital after the terrifying incident during the final qualifying round of the Copa Chenel on Sunday. Dramatic footage captured the moment...

THIS is the moment a fuming McDonalds diner slapped a worker in the face over a stray onion.  The attacker, identified as 35-year-old Huila Borges Klanovichs, lost her cool at a drive-through in an upmarket district of Brazil. She had reportedly ordered a burger without the crunchy veg but saw red when she spotted one...

A HEARTBROKEN daughter has revealed her "living hell" three months after her mum vanished without a trace from a motorhome on a remote French campsite. British pensioner Stephanie Thomson, 75, was last seen on January 29 at the Camping les Vigres site in Le Chalard, western France - and has not been heard from since....

TWO British sisters were allegedly raped by two UK tourist brothers on a holiday island. The two teens, aged between 17 and 19, told Greek police they had met the British men on a night out on the popular island of Rhodes. The girls said they struck up a conversation with the brothers at a...

THE driver suspected of ploughing his truck through crowds in Leipzig and killing two was released from a psychiatric hospital just one day before the horror rampage, cops reveal. The suspect, named in German media as Jeffrey K, is accused of driving his car into a crowd on Monday at 50mph before being arrested at...

PARANOID Vladimir Putin has reportedly banned his own staff from taking the bus or using mobile phones as he retreats into a secret bunker over fears of an assassination attempt.  The Russian tyrant, once the worlds ultimate tough guy, has gone into total meltdown, according to a report from The Financial Times. Insiders say Putin...

ONE of the first women to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse has vanished in New York. Elisabetta Tai Ferretto, 50, has not been heard from since April 22 - her distraught family reported her missing after daily calls suddenly stopped. The Italian model accused the disgraced financier of undressing in front of her during...

DISGRACED author Craig Silvey has confessed to possessing and distributing child exploitation material. The 43-year-old, best known for his young adult novels, pleaded guilty after police raided his home and allegedly caught him in the act. Detectives swooped on Silvey's Fremantle property in Perth, Western Australia, where they claim he was actively ...

BRITAIN is the "most exposed" to impending jet fuel shortages caused by the Iran War, Goldman Sachs has warned. Analysts at the bank said the UK has critically low levels of supplies - it has sparked fears that fuel rationing could be introduced, causing summer holiday chaos. It comes as more than 2million seats were...

LYING underneath two girls, a wide-eyed young man gleefully laps vodka as it flows over their buttocks like a boozy waterfall. When the stream slows, he gets up and licks the last drops from their bodies. Not far away, a boat leaves the dock with 250 ravers on board being treated to unlimited booze for...

A BRITISH man has been found dead on a holiday beach in Costa del Sol. The 25-year-old had been missing for three days after he was last seen entering the sea at Misericordia Beach in Malaga. The alarm was raised late last Wednesday at around 10.30pm after he failed to exit the water at the...

MADELINE McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner has laughed off suggestions he could be extradited to Britain to face trial. The convicted paedophile and rapist, 48, was named prime suspect in the disappearance of Maddie in 2020 - but charges were never brought. Now cops are reportedly pushing for Brueckner to stand trial in the UK...

THIS is the shocking moment a woman leaps out of a moving taxi because the cab driver reportedly looked at her in the mirror. Hair-raising footage shows the terrified passenger spring from her seat and fling herself face down into the busy road. Her shoes and phone go flying as cars suddenly brake to avoid...

AN EX-JPMORGAN banker who claimed his boss kept him as a sex slave has filed bombshell new evidence, including claims of a lurid threesome invitation. Chirayu Rana, 35, previously claimed that high-ranking boss Lorna Hajdini, 37,sexually assaulted, racially abusedand drugged him. It is part of a suit that suddenly reappeared in a Manhattan court this...

A BARE-CHESTED Vladimir Putin throws his arms out wide as he enjoys a fishing trip in Siberia alongside his closest ally. The shot of the Russian leader with then-defence minister Sergei Shoigu was published by state media in 2024. Just two years later, Putin's hunting pal is rumoured to be at the centre of a...

A SICK mother who locked up her daughter for seven years has been jailed for just five years even though the isolation left her child barely able to walk. The depraved woman imprisoned her one-year-old baby in the home of the girls grandparents in Western Germany. The girl, now aged 11, was so weak from...

A TEARFUL passenger stranded aboard a cruise ship hit by a deadly virus has issued a desperate plea, warning there are real people trapped on the vessel where three have already died. The nightmare is unfolding on the MV Hondius, where a suspected rat-borne hantavirus has left passengers stranded at sea as cases climb to...