IRAN has issued an urgent evacuation warning to oil facilities across the Gulf - as Tehran tightens its grip on the hotly-contested Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said plants across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar would be targeted "in the coming hours" - sparking further fears of a worsening global energy crisis. It comes as...

THIS is the jaw-dropping moment a topless man twerks on a car roof as it speeds down a Texas highway before crashing into another vehicle. Shocking footage shows the man waving his behind at oncoming traffic in the Spring Break hotspot of Port Aransas. Moments later, the car collides with another road user, throwing the...

A TOURIST is being held in a hellhole Dubai jail for posting a war video before the government banned them from social media. The father-of-three, who is believed to be a European national, is reportedly being held in an overcrowded cell, forced to sleep on the floor with only rice to eat. He was arrested...

STORM Therese is set to devastate Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, today - cutting short the sunny holidays of Brits. An island-wide emergency has been declared after warnings of gusts of wind reaching 60mph and the accumulation of over one inch of rain. Local authorities have activated the Island Emergency Plan (PEIN) from...

A BRIT couple arrested for an alleged kidnap attempt of an elderly Spanish woman reportedly cannot remember the incident because they were too drugged up. And the middle-aged alleged snatchers were accused of another abduction in January. The pair allegedly tried to grab the woman in broad daylight as she walked down the street in...

PUNCH the monkey has gone from lonely to loved up, as the viral baby macaque was spotted smooching a new flame at his zoo home. The orphaned monkey had melted hearts across the world after clinging to a plush toy when his mum abandoned him. But he has since been caught kissing, cuddling and playing...

AN IRANIAN nuclear plant has been struck by a "projectile" - sparking fears of a devastating fallout and warnings for "restraint". The alleged missile hit the Bushehr facility, but no damage to plant or injuries were reported, the international nuclear watchdog said. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back...

A SWINGER couple have taken their relationship to a whole new level after marrying their sex doll in bizarre ceremony. The polyamorous pair wedded their sex doll - named Kathleen - whom they now refer to as their "second wife". Influencers Bella Mantovani, 33, and Vagner Macedo, 37, are known for documenting their out of...

IRAN'S intelligence minister was wiped out in an airstrike on Tehran just days after the assassination of the regime's 'stand-in leader'. Israeli's defence minister announced the killing of Esmail Khatib on Wednesday. Israel Katz followed the update with a foreboding warning that Iran can anticipate "significant surprises". On this day, significant ...

A DISGRACED teacher paid her teen student gas money in a desperate bid to keep their tryst going while her husband was away, the victim's mother has revealed. McKenna Kindred, now 27, avoided jail after having sex with a 17-year-old boy in November 2022, following months of reported online flirting. The encounter at her home in Spokane, Washington,...

THIS is the shocking moment a politician chucks an enormous tarantula down the stairs in a desperate Home Alone-inspired attempt to evict a tenant. Marisa Simonetti, 32, has been convicted of domestic assault, harassment and disorderly conduct after going to extreme measures to kick out an Airbnb guest. Horrifying footage shows the politician unleashing ...

RUSSIANS are using their mobile phones to cut vegetables and play table tennis - making light of being plunged into the dark ages. Internet outages have swept Moscow and St Petersburg, leaving residents unable to communicate and forcing them to go old-school and turning to pagers, walkie-talkies and even paper maps. Footage shared on social...

A TRESPASSER has been arrested after climbing into the enclosure of the viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng at a Thai zoo. Shocking security footage shows a man dressed in a black beanie, sunglasses, green tank top and brown shorts leap over the barrier into the enclosure. He can be seen approaching Moo Deng and her...

A BRIT woman accused of strangling an Irish pensioner to death with a vacuum cleaner cable has opened up about her "moment of madness" after a six month silence. The 64-year-old woman allegedly killed Catherine Peckham, 66, with a power lead in September last year. She reportedly confessed to the murder immediately after her arrest...

TEHRAN has killed an elderly couple in Israel in a revenge cluster bomb attack - as Iran's president reportedly mulls resignation following the death of a fellow top leader. The husband and wife, in their 70s, were found near an entrance of a bomb shelter in their building in Tel Aviv following the latest salvo...

A BRITISH events organiser has died and his girlfriend has been hospitalised after their drinks were allegedly spiked in Thailand. Tom Pardhy, 38, tragically passed away in Bangkok as his partner Naomi Raksha, 31, was left in intensive care following the alleged poisoning. The Brit holidaymaker's death on March 6 was described by his loved...

HOLLYWOOD star Sean Penn was handed an Oscar made from a bombed-out train after snubbing the real ceremony to stand with war-torn Ukraine. The 65-year-old star scooped a Best Supporting Actor gong for One Battle After Another at the real ceremony, but ditched the glitzy bash to head to Kyiv instead. Penn was spotted...

THIS is the terrifying moment a huge fire rips through an oil refinery killing five people in Mexico. Firefighters spent hours battling the massive blaze after torrential rainfall caused the Olmeca refinery in Tabasco to flood and spill out highly flammablehydrocarbon residue. At around 6am on Tuesday morning the fire first sparked outside before it...

DESPERATE farmers have dressed in bear costumes in a ridiculous attempt to frighten away ravenous monkeys from vital crops. The mongrel primates have been wreaking havoc for strawberry and potato farmers in India's Sambhal district. Anguished farmers have resorted to donning bear-suits and growling at the thieving monkeys - and it's been working, as ...

NORTH Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has romped home to another sham election win after his party secured 99.93 per cent of the votes. The long-reigning tyrant has pledged to make his own nation "less backwards" as he prepares to head up the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) alongside his powerful younger sister. A total of 687...

ACROSS the world several countries are taking drastic measures to deal with the devastating impact of shortages due to the Iran war. Raging issues along the Strait of Hormuz have caused costs to skyrocket after Iran declared the key shipping route was closed and started to attack vessels attempting the journey. To combat the serious...

A BELOVED doctor has been killed by a boat propeller in a horror ocean accident at a tourist hot spot. Dr. Julie Nataly Bohrquez, 42, was fatally struck by the propeller's deadly blades after being tossed into the ocean from a boat near Cartagena, Colombia. The gynaecologist was visiting the vibrant Caribbean port city for...

A PILOT has been stabbed to death and a second strangled by an ex-colleague over a "grudge," it has been alleged. Both attacks happened in the South Korean city of Busan, where air crew are now thought to be in hiding after requesting urgent police protection. The suspect, a man in his 50s, has been...

A WORLD renowned forensics expert has backed calls to reopen the investigation into Kurt Cobains death after finding it is impossible the Nirvana star killed himself. German forensic pathologist Dr Michael Tsokos is the chief medical examiner in Berlin and has performed over 10,000 autopsies in the last three decades. The university professor in forensic...

SHOCKING footage shows landslides, flash flooding and tornadoes smash Italy as wild weather triggers mass evacuations and an orange alert. Firefighters have begun intensive rescue operations across the Cosenza region of the country as further savage weather has been forecast for the southern regions. Wild video footage shows the treacherous conditions, ...