Maximum Security was the first Kentucky Derby winner to be disqualified on the day of the raceA request to appeal against the controversial disqualification of Maximum Security as Kentucky Derby winner has been rejected.But the horse’s owner Gary West will fight on, and is planning legal action after Country House was declared victor in Saturday’s…
Image caption One family were driven along the border in a prison bus before being pushed out of Hungary into Serbia Hungary tried and failed to deport three Afghan families to Afghanistan on Tuesday, in a move that rights groups say is a breach of international law.It was intended to prove the right-wing Fidesz government’s…
Image caption Asia Bibi spent years in solitary confinement after her conviction Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has left the country, officials have confirmed.Her conviction was overturned last year by the Supreme Court.She was originally convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The attack is thought to have targeted police At least eight people have been killed in an explosion outside a major Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said.Five police officers are reportedly among the dead. A police van was the prime target, authorities said.Police have described…
Image copyright AFP Image caption The US has been ratcheting up the pressure on Iran over the past year Iran has suspended commitments under the 2015 international nuclear deal, a year after it was abandoned by the US.President Hassan Rouhani said he would keep enriched uranium stocks in the country rather than sell them abroad.He…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Both suspects are now in custody A teenager has been killed and seven others injured after two pupils allegedly opened fire in a US school.The attack at the STEM School Highlands Ranch, near Denver, Colorado, took place on Tuesday, police said. Both attackers have now been arrested.Highlands Ranch is…
Image copyright Lithuanian foreign ministry Image caption Family members as well as Lithuania’s foreign minister attended the unveiling in the US on Sunday A monument to a Lithuanian hero in the US city of Chicago has prompted a row over World War Two after criticism from Russia and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas commanded Lithuania’s…
Image copyright Historic England Image caption The stone samples were removed during archaeological work in 1958 A missing piece of Stonehenge has been returned to the site 60 years after it was taken.A metre-long core from inside the prehistoric stone was removed during archaeological excavations in 1958. No-one knew where it was until Robert Phillips,…
A huge dust cloud has swept across the city of Mildura in Australia.On Tuesday, wind gusts reached speeds of up to 87km/h (54mph).
One thing is clear: Donald Trump is tweeting a lot about Joe Biden. Among advisers to the former Democratic vice president, there’s a divide on whether that’s a sign that Trump is especially worried about facing the Democratic frontrunner in 2020 or because he’s eager to do so. “The Kremlinology of President Trump’s tweets is…