A BRITISH father was unlawfully killed by an Iranian drone while on an oil tanker, an inquest found.  Adrian Underwood, 44, was working as a security officer on the empty vessel near Oman when the device hit.  The Army veteran, of Andover, Hants, joined a maritime security agency in 2020.  The motive behind the strike on...

A HIGH-SCHOOL teacher in Australia has pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student, after months of denying the allegations. Karly Rae, 37, admitted to having sex with the boy on multiple occasions in October 2024 in several locations around Newcastle, New South Wales. According to the court reports, Rae initially groomed the pupil...

COPS have arrested the ex-boyfriend of a famous influencer whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase and buried in the woods. Patrick M. got caught up in the investigation after the police found him in Stefanie Pieper's apartment following her death. Stefanie Pieper was making her way home from a Christmas bash before she vanished....

NATO fighter jets have intercepted a slew of Russian military aircraft flying with their transponders off near the Polish airspace. Authorities said they intercepted the Russian aircraft that were flying "with no flight plans" over the Baltic Sea. Poland said it scrambled pairs of F-16s and MiG-29s to intercept the Russian military aircraft "which posed...

SIX people have died in a horror fireball car crash next to the US Embassy in Lisbon. All of the victims are believed to have died inside the flaming wreckage after the driver lost control in the early hours of this morning. Those killed were made up of three men and three women all aged...

THE founder of Dignitas has ended his life at the age of 92 at one of his own assisted dying clinics. Ludwig Minelli, described as a "pioneer and a warrior" by those who knew him, took his final breath on November 29 - just days before his birthday. Dignitas paid a touching tribute to their Swiss...

WORKERS in one European country are set to get an extra Christmas gift this year - a stack of tax-free cash. Slovenia's prime minister Robert Golob put forward a plan to give every worker in the country a "14th month pay" bonus just in time for the festive season. The plan - which was passed...

A BIZARRE restaurant in Dubai is selling £40 "dinosaur tartare" which is served up on a pulsating plate to make it look like its still breathing. The swanky eatery prides itself on having the world’s “first AI chef” who is bidding to become the Gordon Ramsay of the artificial realm - by using DNA mapping...

THE Hong Kong tower inferno has claimed further victims, as investigators say the search could take up to four weeks to complete. Officials say 146 bodies have now been found, bumping the death told up from the previously reported 128, following the outbreak of flames at the Wang Fuk Court residential towers. More than 1,000...

AS tensions between historic foes China and Japan explode over Taiwan, Beijing has warned the world that it is ready for war. Amid an escalating war of words sparked by Tokyo's comments on Taiwan, experts reveal how knife-edge relations could spiral into a direct military confrontation with one wrong move. The furious row between Asia's...

A PILOT has died after two planes smashed mid-air just minutes before landing. The two light planes collided while in flight, leaving one hurtling to the ground in nearby bush-land in Sydney's southwest. Emergency services attended the scene after reports of the crash rolled in just after midday on Sunday. The pilot - revealed to...

AN idyllic honeymoon hotspot is so infamous for fatal shark attacks that swimming and surfing are banned. La Réunion, an island normally associated with white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, sits on the treacherous stretch of water grimly dubbed "shark highway" in the Indian Ocean. Swimming and surfing bans have been in place since...

TWO sailors have been found dead on board a yacht in a suspected pirate attack. Deirdre “Cookie” Sibly, 67, and friend Pascal were on an "adventure of a lifetime" off the coast of South Africa before their bodies were found. Sibly’s sister Sue Good told 9News: “They’ve been on the adventure of a lifetime and she was...

FORMER BBC presenter Mark Mardell says he was left “humiliated” after Turkish Airlines refused to let him board a flight because he has Parkinson’s disease. The 68-year-old journalist had travelled to Turkey with his son, Jake, 32, for a road trip and encountered no issues flying out on Wizz Air on October 20. But on...

THE survivors of a fatal blizzard in Chile have spoken about how their once in a life-time trip quickly turned into a nightmare. What began as a dream adventure for five British friends in Chilean Patagonia claimed the life of their friend and four other trekkers. Hayley Newnham, Tom Player, Matt Smith, Christian Aldridge, and...

THE body of a missing Austrian influencer has been found stuffed in a suitcase and buried in the woods. Police revealed that beauty influencer Stefanie Pieper, 31, was discovered today in Slovenia after desperate search efforts. Her ex-partner was arrested on Friday, and today he confessed. The nightclub security guard initially fled to his native...

ROBERT De Niro's daughter says she “didn't want to live” after her 19-year-old son, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, died in 2023. The Hollywood star’s grandson died just shy of his 20th birthday, and his mother, Drena De Niro, has now recounted the devastating day she learned he was gone. She remembers waking on the morning...

A GERMAN politician was violently assaulted in the street following a political rally, as thousands gathered to protest a new "youth wing" of a far-right party. Terrifying video shows the moment the brawl broke out when a group of men wearing black jackets and masks attacked far-right German MP Julian Schmidt. The controversial politician, who...

A FAMILY had to make a terrifying climb after they were left dangling 150ft in the air at a sky-dining restaurant. The family of four, including two children, were rescued on Friday after a crane malfunction left them stranded in the sky. They were stuck in the air for more than two hours at the...

SOLDIERS slaughtered in the snow with masses of frozen bodies piling up - this is what happened the last time Russia dared to attack Finland. "Putin should remember history," one fearless Finnish citizen tells me as she shrugs off the latest looming threat of Russian aggression. Finland is one of Nato's newest member states -...

THIS is the shocking moment Russian soldiers are sent out to battle without helmets or armour on as they are hunted down by drones. Described as "a warped new trend" by Ukrainian war chiefs, Vladimir Putin has been accused of throwing his men into active warzones with little chance of ever returning home. Footage shared...

TWO sisters have died in a Thanksgiving tragedy after they heroically saved their disabled father from a raging house fire. Frantzia Fleury, 49, and Pojanee Fleury, 42, were trapped inside the blazing New Jersey home on Thursday while attempting to guide their father to safety. The family home on Mosswood Avenue in the City of...

WITH endless sunshine, branches of M&S, and tax breaks aplenty, it’s no surprise a tiny European island has been dubbed the "new Dubai" as record numbers of young people flee Labour's high-tax Britain. As ex-pats are flocking in their droves for the financial perks, the football mania and a decidedly pro-British culture, we reveal all you...

KILLER booze is sweeping through Brit holiday hotspots - with the UK adding 11 more countries to its “warning list” as global fatalities surge. The alert comes amid a chilling rise in deaths and blindness linked to counterfeit or contaminated alcohol across Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. Britain's Foreign Office has expanded its methanol-poisoning...