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...

AT LEAST five people have been killed after a monster inferno ripped through a crowded fairground in Mexico. The horror blaze erupted in the city of Villahermosa, Tabaso state, in the early hours on Thursday. As many as 135,000 people were attending a concert at the venue, according to Mexico's El Pais. Shocking footage showed...

DONALD Trump has warned Iran to get a peace deal signed "FAST" after the US military unleashed a wave of strikes on a key Iranian port. Explosions rocked Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas near the key shipping lane after Iran fired on three US destroyers on Thursday night, pushing the fragile ceasefire to its limits....

A BANK worker spectacularly hung up on Pope Leo XIV during a routine customer service request believing him to be a no-good prank caller. The American pontiff, formerly known as Robert Prevost, called his hometown Chicago bank a few weeks after being elected last May. His friend Reverend Tom McCarthy shared the bizarre story, recounting...

THIS is the shocking moment the captain of the rat virus-ravaged MV Hondius tells passengers that the ship is not infected while announcing the first death. In the weeks since, a further two people have died, two have confirmed cases of the deadly hantavirus, and a further three are being tested after a medical evacuation...

TWO British passengers are self-isolating at home in the UK amid fears they were exposed to the rat-linked Hantavirus while aboard the MV Hondius. The pair left the ship when she was docked at St Helena between April 22-24 before flying to the UK via Johannesburg. Neither has reported symptoms, but both contacted health officials...

DONALD Trump confirmed that US fighter jets shot out the rudder of an Iranian oil tanker - as he handed the reeling regime a one-week ultimatum to reach peace deal. The US president said he is "cautiously optimistic" that ongoing diplomatic efforts will finally bring an end to the war, despite escalated tensions in the...

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...

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...

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)...