BASHAR al-Assad has broken his silence to claim Vladimir Putin forced him into a cowardly escape from Syria – but he wanted to stay and fight. The ousted tyrant released a statement from Mosc…

REEVA STEENKAMP’S sister has asked “did he want a lookalike?” after reports emerged that killer Oscar Pistorious has found love after being released from prison. Simone Cowburn, 5…

THIS is the dramatic moment a luxury £10 million yacht lost control and crashed into a giant cruise liner in the Bahamas. The horror smash between the Aurora and Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Sea…

A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a young boy was found dead in a housing estate. Police swooped on the house in South Ockendon, Essex, yesterday afternoon following a concern …

THE identity of a “man in a striped jumper” whose body was found in a canal 14 years ago is still unknown. The mystery man was discovered by a passerby in the waters of Fazeley Canal in…

A HORROR crash near the M11 junction has led to carnage on the M25 with roads in both directions closing. The incident has impacted traffic going anticlockwise and led to a double-lane closure. It …

THE VIRAL “prisoner” discovered by CNN crew cowering in a cell was one of Assad’s evil torturers, a Syrian fact-checking site has discovered. The so-called imprisoned civilian was…

PUBGOERS have been warned there is one sneaky rule that could set you back £200, and get you kicked out of your local this Christmas. The 150-year-old rule is rarely enforced but is a bizarre law t…

A SUSPECTED Chinese spy who was friends with Prince Andrew has been unmasked for the first time. Yang Tengbo, 50 – who is understood to have been a “close confidante” of the Duke …

A WOMAN has denied owning an American XL Bully that mauled her dad-in-law to death while he dog-sat at her home. Keven Jones, 65, tragically uttered “I’m going” before dying from …

AN easyJet security blunder saw a Brit holidaymaker jet off to the wrong continent after boarding a flight to Turkey instead of Tunisia. Mark Jenkins, 45, was taken 2,000 miles off-course after clu…

TWO siblings have won a £460,000 inheritance row over their dad’s secret love children after they discovered he had lived a double life for decades. Michael Gymer died in December 2020 aged 8…

A PHILOSOPHY student killed himself at a remote beauty spot after being charged with rape, an inquest heard. Thomas Wright, 22, called his dad Chris to tell him he was going on an “adventure&…

THIS is the heart-stopping image of a North Korean soldier staring down the lens of a Ukrainian drone after being drafted in to fight for Russia. The man is 4,000 miles from home in an unfamiliar l…

LOCALS were left gutted after the council scrapped a beloved family attraction, after promises for it to be returned. Derby City Council confirmed there are “no plans” to resurrect the …

SYRIA’S new regime has already backed down from confronting Israel despite a massive wave of airstrikes across the country. Over 60 strikes in the last 12 hours alone have left a trail of des…

A WOMAN fell to her death from a multi-storey car park just hours after kissing a mystery man at a club – as her mum begs for answers. Jamie Smith, 23, went to a strip joint with the unnamed …

A SHOOTING at a Christian school has left at least three dead, including the suspected gunman, and seven others injured. Police swarmed Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, about 8…

BRITAIN’S worst zoo has finally announced it is set to close its doors for the final time. Ever since a tiger mauled a keeper to death, South Lakes Safari Zoo has been surrounded by controver…

SIR Keir Starmer was “seized by the threat” of Putin cutting undersea cables and snooping on his meetings after a chilling intelligence briefing in Norway, The Sun can reveal. The UK tonight agreed…

THIS is the moment cops arrived at a “huge drift meet” before a two-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run. The toddler was travelling in a Toyota when it was hit by a stolen Porsche …