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....

A HEARTBROKEN daughter has revealed her "living hell" three months after her mum vanished without a trace from a motorhome on a remote French campsite. British pensioner Stephanie Thomson, 75, was last seen on January 29 at the Camping les Vigères site in Le Chalard, western France - and has not been heard from since....

IRAN has blasted drones and missiles at the UAE for the second day in a row - as Donald Trump warned that the regime should "wave the white flag of surrender". It comes as the US president tries to force open the Strait of Hormuz with "Project Freedom". Iran chillingly warned it was “just getting...

TWO British sisters were allegedly raped by two UK tourist brothers on a holiday island. The teens, aged between 17 and 19, told Greek police they had met the British men on a night out on the popular island of Rhodes. The sisters struck up a conversation with their alleged attackers at a club in...

PARANOID Vladimir Putin has reportedly banned his own staff from taking the bus or using mobile phones as he retreats into a secret bunker over fears of an assassination attempt.  The Russian tyrant, once the world’s ultimate tough guy, has gone into total meltdown, according to a report from The Financial Times. Insiders say Putin...

THE driver suspected of ploughing his truck through crowds in Leipzig and killing two was released from a psychiatric hospital just one day before the horror rampage, cops reveal. The suspect, named in German media as Jeffrey K, is accused of driving his car into a crowd on Monday at 50mph before being arrested at...

A FORMER model who said she had fought off billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein with a sex toy has been found after vanishing in New York. Elisabetta Tai Ferretto, 50, had not been heard from since April 22 and her distraught family reported her missing after daily calls suddenly stopped. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...