CHINA secretly trained hundreds of Russian soldiers on its territory before they were sent to the front lines to fight in Ukraine, according to reports. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly hosted several hundred Russian soldiers at six covert military bases in China. Training took place late last year before troops were sent to...

SEVEN members of a youth basketball team have tragically died in a horror bus smash on their way home from winning a competition. The young team had been crowned champions in an U19 contest just hours before the harrowing accident. Aged between 15 and 22, the victims were both students and alumni from numerous Brazilian...

FOUR girls under the age of 14 were allegedly raped in an apartment as police arrested four underage boys. A police probe has been launched into the reported incident that is said to have taken place on Saturday evening in Halle, Germany. The force has arrested a group of boys, aged 13, 14, 15, and...

A SOUTH African TV presenter and rapper has been arrested after allegedly kidnapping a taxi driver and opening fire in his direction. Jub Jub, whose real name is Molemo Maarohanye, reportedly confronted the driver and accused him of forming a relationship with his girlfriend. Molemo accosted in the man after he had dropped off a...

A BUNGEE jumper was still alive after being thrown 130ft to her death by staff who allegedly forgot to attach a rope to her. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after being launchedfrom Skeleton bridge in Limeira,Brazil on Saturday. Horrifying video showed the moment she was held in the air by workers and thrown...

SEVERAL religious statues have had to be covered following a shocking restoration by an amateur that left them looking like a cartoon goth rock band. The disastrous restoration left the icons of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and other figures with aggressively arched eyebrows, thick eyelashes and bright red lips. Locals have slammed the work, and...

THE British Royal Family has been rocked by the horrific allegations surrounding the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. But while Britains eyes have been fixed on the fallout, an explosive royal crisis has been brewing in Scandinavia - with their royal family reputation coming under fire. Marius Borg Hiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess ...

SAUDI Arabia has unveiled plans for a national tennis centre in the desert which bears a remarkable likeness to Wimbledon. Construction of the mammoth complex, which would be the largest of its kind in the region, was announced by the Gulf States Qiddiya Investment Company. Images show a number of courts designed with the iconic...

THIS is the shocking moment a violent brawl broke out in a Brit holiday hotspot where machete-wielding thugs hurled chairs, according to reports. The brutal scuffle engulfed Barcelona's Raval neighbourhood, where an estimated 30 people became embroiled in the chaos. Terrifying footage of the shocking fight was captured by witnesses as the large group ...

AT LEAST 31 people have tragically died and 33 others have been left injured after a bus crash in Ethiopia, according to authorities. The reportedly overcrowded bus plunged into a ravine in the northern Amhara region this morning. It had been travelling from Dessie to the nation's capital, Addis Ababa, according to state broadcaster Amhara...

PARANOID tyrant Vladimir Putin has cancelled Russia's major annual naval parade again because of assassination risks from a Ukrainian drone attack. It comes just days after Kyiv unleashed a massive drone blitz of the dictator's hometown of St. Petersburg and blasted its key naval depot. A Kremlin source confirmed today that the city's Naval Day...

A FAMILY friend of the American student found dead in Japan has spoken out about the heartbreaking toll that speculation over his death has taken on his grieving parents. James "Weston" Higginbotham, 20, was discovered in a forest area of Kyoto on June 6 after separating from his family a week before. The Auburn University...

A BRIT caught in Turkey with 280,000 of cannabis in his suitcase is facing a minimum sentence of ten years, a court has heard. Taylor Johnson, 21, was stopped at Istanbul airport as he flew home to the UK from a holiday in Thailand with girlfriend Holly Cooper. Investigators discovered 19.2kg of the drug in...

PUTIN'S plane has spun out of control and smashed into the ground in Siberia. The Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range nuclear-capable bomber crashed today in Irkutsk.

THIS is the terrifying moment a military transport plane veers off a runway before erupting into a massive fireball and killing five on board. The Indian Air Force (IAF) plane was landing at an airbase in Jorhat as part of a routine training exercise. Horrifying CCTV footage shows the Antonov AN-32 land without issue before...

THIS is the horrifying moment a 10ft shark pounces and bites a tourist in the head during an underwater aquarium experience. Shocking footage shows the monster predator suddenly dive towards the man while he was swimming in a fish tank in Changsha, China. Within seconds of entering the enclosure the raptor attacked the man -...

A TEARFUL recording has been released of Mango heir Jonathan Andic calling emergency services after his tycoon dad plunged nearly 500ft to his death. Jonathan, 45, is suspected of killing his multimillionaire dad Isak Andic, 71, on their December 2024 hike Montserrat mountain near Barcelona. For months, Mango founder Isak was said to have died...

A BRITISH tourist has been found dead in a rental room on a Greek holiday island. Cops have launched a probe after the lifeless body of the 60-year-old was discovered in Crete. The man had been travelling alone and staying in the coastal city of Rethymno. He was found by an accommodation manager on Saturday...

HUNDREDS of protesters dressed as giant ants have taken to the streets to rage against over tourism in Spain. Fuming locals waved signs reading "Tourism is crushing us" as they marched through the streets of holiday island Menorca. The black-clad demonstrators swarmed into the central square of the capital Mahon to protest outside government buildings....

THIS is the horrifying moment an Air Force plane smashes into a road before exploding in a huge fireball, killing two people on board. Jaw-dropping footage showed the military jet crashing into a neighbourhood in Pakistan - sparking an urgent investigation into the deadly tragedy. The aircraft is understood to have been on a routine...

THE haunting last posts of the bungee jumper who was thrown to her death by staff who allegedly forgot to attach a rope to her and then fled the scene have been revealed. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after plunging more than 130ft to the ground from Skeleton bridge in Limeira, Brazil. Now-tragic...

A MOTHER who was mauled by a massive 12ft shark in Australia has been named as her devastated family reveal she has had one arm amputated. Leah Stewart, 35, was pulled from the sea in "a pool of her own blood" after onlookers heard a chilling scream on a beach in Sydney. The teacher was...

THE son of Norway's Crown Princess has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of rape. Marius Borg Hiby, 29, was found guilty of two out of four counts of rape at an Oslo court today. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun...

AT least nine people have been killed in a huge wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine which also left a historic landmark in flames. Dozens of people were also injured in the terrifying missile and drone salvo on Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukrainian authorities said. Four people died in the Ukrainian capital, while five rescue workers...

A POPULAR musician shared a tragic post to social media just hours before he was killed in a freak helicopter accident alongside five others. California- born singer Oliver Tree shared his final post to Instagram, capturing his time in Brazil, in a now bittersweet tribute to his trip. The video, shared mere hours prior to...