THE British-born wife of deposed Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad has filed for divorce, reports claim. Asma al-Assad, 49, and her husband are holed up in Moscow after being forced into exile when Isl…

PRESIDENT Joe Biden is to commute the sentences of 37 inmates on death row, including child killers, just weeks before leaving office.  The outgoing commander-in-chief’s latest act comes just …

A MAJOR seaside tourist attraction could be “transformed into the UK’s highest Wetherspoons” – after it closed down for good. A campaign for the pub giant to acquire the Bri…

A TEEN boy has died just days before Christmas after he was mowed down on a street – with an alleged female drug driver arrested. Hampshire Police said: “A 15-year-old boy involved in a…

SHOCKING footage has captured the moment a ‘rat’ scurried behind a councillor as he read out a Christmas message. Cllr Paul Osborn of Harrow Council in London was recording a festive gr…

A MAN has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Limerick over the weekend that took the life of a new mum. Marguerita Sheridan, 22, from Rathkeale, died after a van plough…

A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with murdering a “cheeky” five-year-old boy who was found dead at home. Lincoln Button was discovered at the property in South Ockendon, Essex, aft…

A LIGHT aircraft pilot has died in a horror plane crash just two days before Christmas. Stunned onlookers watched on in dread as the small craft made “strange manoeuvres” before plummeting to the g…

A WOMAN suffered a horrific death after she was set on fire while asleep on a New York subway. The attacker calmly watched his victim burn to death after setting her ablaze at the Coney Island-Stil…

THIS is the terrifying moment crew were forced to escape a capsizing cargo ship before huge containers dramatically plunged into a port. An evacuation was sparked after the shocking scenes at the A…

UKRAINE has deployed an all-robot assault force to the battlefield for the first time to attack Russian troops. The deadly tech, including ground and flying drones, was launched in Kharkiv by a Ukr…

THIS is the world’s “best preserved” baby woolly mammoth that has been found in a Siberian crater known as the Mouth of Hell. Nicknamed Yana, the mini mammoth lived more than 50,000 years ago, but …

A MAN has appeared in court accused of stabbing a “wonderful” teacher to death. Gemma Devonish, 42, was discovered with knife wounds inside a home in Carshalton, South London, on Thursd…

AN Italian tourist was arrested for allegedly selling drugs following the death of a British reveller on the island of the notorious Full Moon Party in Thailand. Federico Carlo Eugenio Pistolesi, 3…

A WAR widow has avoided jail after scratching, kicking and biting her new partner in a “relentless” attack. Christina Plumb, 49, whose first husband Olaf “Oz” Schmid was killed defusing…

A MASKED thug who filmed himself wielding a fake AK-47 as he threatened to “blow away” Tommy Robinson has been jailed. Habeeb Khan, 49, was seen in the “inflammatory” video …

A BRITISH dad has disappeared while on holiday in Benidorm just days before flying home for Christmas. John Hardy, 37, was reported missing as his sister said she is “worried sick” afte…

THE mummified corpse of a sailor was found perfectly preserved on an abandoned yacht after vanishing for more than a year. A group of fishermen made the grim discovery in the Philippine Sea. Christ…

A NETWORK of abandoned underground tunnels have been transformed and reopened to the public. The Tregarth Railway Tunnels in Wales were once part of a passenger railway line. And they have now been…

CHILLING PoV footage shows Ukrainian drones swooping on North Korean soldiers as they desperately try to flee in an open field. The dramatic video shows troops running for cover as they are being c…

THIS is the horrifying moment a passenger was nearly dragged to his death by a train pulling into the station. CCTV footage shows the train clip a man’s shoulder while he waits on the platfor…