TWO teenagers have been left with life-changing injuries after igniting what they thought was a harmless homemade firework - but was actually a deadly pipe bomb. Carter Grabowski and Preston Sloan were setting off fireworks at a friend's house in Richmond, Missouri, when they lit the homemade explosive. Grabowski, 17, lost both of his hands...

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 shafts after emergency services rushed to the scene in Sutatausa, about 45 miles north of the capital, Bogota. Colombia's National Mining Agency (ANM) had...

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...

DEEP undercover in the world's most secretive regime, a retired Danish chef turned spy spent ten gruelling years exposing North Korea's crime-ridden engine. Ulrich Larsen, known as "the Mole", rubbed shoulders with the powerful foreign representatives and figures in the Hermit Kingdom - eventually getting his hands on a weapons list that resembled a "pizza...

MORE than 2,000 tourists are taking legal action after a "war zone" stomach bug ripped through Cape Verde - with lawyers warning it's just the tip of the iceberg. The West African archipelago attracts over one million visitors annually, guaranteeing a sun-soaked holiday. But the tourist hotspot has been plagued by a deadly cocktail of...

AS the staccato blades of two Black Hawk helicopters kicked up dust outside a compound deep within hostile Pakistani territory, SEAL Team Six switched on their night vision goggles and bayed for blood. Minutes later, three rapid-fire bullets brought an end to a protracted, decade-long manhunt full of false leads and fatal missteps as the...

THIS is the shocking moment a showboating waiter smashes a customer's glass into her face with a football - as viewers quip "boys will be boys". CCTV footage shows the wannabe baller sporting shades and showing off his flashy skills at the Naples restaurant. Two nearby diners can be seen chatting over drinks and minding...

DONALD Trump has said that he is "not satisfied" with Iran's latest peace offer, but that he'd still "prefer not" to "blast the hell" out of the reeling regime. The White House has declared that the war was not "terminated", but Trump has refused to rule out further strikes. Iran passed its latest peace proposal...

UKRAINIAN drones have blitzed several high-tech warplanes over 1,000miles deep inside Russia - dealing a devastating blow to Vladimir Putin's waning fleet of fighters. It marks one of the deepest drone attacks in the brutal war and follows a slew of deadly strikes on key Kremlin military sites - including the genius Operation Spiderweb plot....

DONALD Trump has hilariously quipped that donning a bulletproof vest would make him look too big after the recent botched murder plot. The US president was the prime target of would-be-assassin Cole Thomas Allen, who allegedly stormed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner armed to the teeth on Saturday. But Trump appears to be unphased by...

A TWISTED Florida high school teacher has admitted to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old multiple times, as police blasted the sicko for "preying" on the student. Heather Mashburn-Smith, 37, was cuffed on Wednesday when cops received a tip-off that a teacher had had sex with a teen twice in the past month. She then sensationally gave...

DONALD Trump has fiercely rebuffed Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz - instead doubling down on his naval stranglehold of the key trade route. The US president earlier threatened the crumbling regime with a gun-toting AI picture while declaring "no more Mr Nice Guy". Now, Trump has chucked out Tehran's latest offering, insisting...