MADELINE McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner has been "living like a rat" as he scuttles through the backstreets of Germany, bouncing between motels and a make-shift campsite. Brueckner's current whereabouts are unknown but wherever he has gone, public panic has followed him. The convicted paedophile and rapist, 48, has been living off grid in Germany...

DONALD Trump has officially paused his "Project Freedom" mission aimed at safely shepherding ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The US president said the move is aimed at finalising a peace deal with Iran as he hopes to end the war in the Middle East after weeks of failed negotiations. Trump said the decision had...

AN URGENT search is underway for a missing five-year-old foster child who was snatched by her biological parents during a scheduled meet-up. The girl, identified only as Miranda MM, hasn't been seen since her birth parents allegedly assaulted a care worker and kidnapped her, according to authorities. The National Police have launched a major search...

A 13-YEAR-old gunman has killed two female staff members and injured several others in a horror school shooting in Brazil. Terrifying footage shows panicked students hurriedly rushing into a classroom as others were forced to try and climb over a 20ft wall to escape from the bullets. Cops managed to arrest the teen suspect, who...

A CRUISE ship feared to be harbouring a deadly rat virus will dock in the Canary Islands after the tragic deaths of three passengers. Officials are desperately looking to contain the lethal outbreak to the luxury vessel but are now being made to search for dozens of people who flew with an infected passenger just...

AS barmaid Beverly Sue Walts sits down for a well-earned break, she leans over and tells me: “Welcome to America’s 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 teenage pals have been left with life-changing injuries after igniting a harmless homemade firework which turned out to be a pipe bomb. Carter Grabowski and Preston Sloan were setting off fireworks at a friend's house when they lit the explosive before shards of hot metal came flying towards them. Grabowski, 17, lost both of...

THIS is the heartbreaking moment a skinny tiger struggles to walk up a small slope leaving zoo visitors shocked 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 Ecological Zoo...

AT LEAST nine workers have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in Colombia - just weeks after inspectors raised safety concerns. Another six miners were rescued from the crumbling shafts after emergency services rushed to the scene in Sutatausa, about 45 miles north of the capital, Bogota. Colombia's National Mining Agency (ANM)...

THIS is the moment a fuming McDonald’s 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...

THIS is the shocking moment a matador was brutally gored in the groin - as horrified crowds watched the bull’s 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 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....