PARANOID Vladimir Putin has forced his own officials to remove their wrist watches after summoning them for one-on-one meetings amid fears of an assassination attempt. Top functionaries have all been seen without watches during recent audiences with the Russian dictator. Reportedly fearing a James Bond-esque assassination or a coup from within his own regime, 73-year-old...

UKRAINE is set to unleash 25,000 robots as front-line "cavalry" in a dramatic boom of unmanned warfare. Kyiv is on course to manufacture 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in the first half of 2026 alone as commanders increasingly rely on robots. These futuristic machines are capable of laying mines, evacuating wounded troops, delivering supplies and...

DONALD Trump has declared a three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia to commemorate Victory Day - as he claimed the brutal four-year conflict is nearing its end. The US president revealed that he requested the pause in fighting from May 9 until May 11 and thanked leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky for accepting. Announcing...

A GIGANTIC gem that weighs as much as a dog has been unearthed in Myanmar with authorities reporting it could be worth millions. Myanmar miners discovered the enormous rare stone, slated to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the war-stricken nation. The massive 11,000-carat ruby was found in the Mogok area - renowned...

A QUARANTINED rat virus cruise passenger has spoken out about becoming the ship's de facto doctor after the ship's Dutch medic and a Brit crew member fell ill. Dr Stephen Kornfeld was on holiday on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius when he "fell into the role of becoming the ship doctor". It comes as… A third British...

NORTH Korea will automatically launch a nuclear attack if Kim Jong-un is ever assassinated, Pyongyang's tyrannical constitution now states. The terrifying last resort policy has been introduced in the wake of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination by US-Israeli strikes in Iran. The chilling revision states that retaliatory attacks will be launched in the event that the...

SCHOOLGIRLS as young as 15 claim to have been sexually assaulted on a cruise after being "plied with alcohol or drugs". Up to 10 girls are understood to have gone to police after the ship they were travelling on docked in Barcelona on May 1. Police in Spain are investigating the alleged assaults after eight...

TERRIFYING footage shows giant waterspouts spiralling into the air off the coast of Spain as violent storms swept through the region. Southern Spain has been battered by flash floods and freak storms as extreme weather lashes popular Brit holiday hotspots. Roads in parts of Murcia were transformed into rivers after torrential rain triggered sudden flooding....

VLADIMIR Putin is "physically scared for his life" - forcing him to scale back Russia's flagship Victory Day Parade, an exiled critic says. The reclusive tyrant has made a humiliating climbdown on plans for the annual event on Moscow's Red square - fearing Ukrainian drone strikes and or being "eaten alive" by fed-up opposition. For...

A GANG of armed robbers who took two hostages in a terrifying bank raid in Germany have vanished without leaving a trace. SWAT teams stormed the bank shortly after the reported heist before releasing the captured pair - but the perpetrators were nowhere to be seen. Helicopters were scrambled to aid the search for the...

PROTESTS erupted in Tenerife today as furious locals threatened to block the doomed cruise ship ravaged by a deadly rat bug from docking. Terrified locals said they had "no way to stop" hantavirus if it hit the Canary Islands as they fear a repeat of the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes as... A third British case...

A DOCTOR in Florida offered a shocking excuse after removing the wrong organ from a patient - leaving him dead on the operating table. Thomas Shaknovsky mistakenly removed 70-year-old patient William Bryan’s liver, triggering catastrophic bleeding. Intending to remove Bryan's spleen, the surgeon admitted he “couldn’t tell the difference” because he was "so upset" during...