Iceland’s ‘unicorn’ goes under the hammer
Image copyright Erla Porey Olafsdottir Image caption Einhyrningur's unique appearance may yet save him from the abbattoir There's good news for a single-horned ram found in Iceland earlier this year, after it emerged that he's been saved from the slaughterhouse.Einhyrningur,
Las Vegas shooting: Paddock ‘shot guard before attack’
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The attack, carried out from the Mandalay Bay hotel, killed 58 people The man behind the mass shooting in Las Vegas shot and injured a security guard six minutes before carrying out the attack, officials
UN bans 4 ships from global ports for violating N Korea sanctions
Image copyright AFP The United Nations has banned four ships from visiting any global port, after they were found violating sanctions imposed on North Korea. Hugh Griffiths, co-ordinator of a UN panel on North Korean sanctions, described the move as
Harvey Weinstein ‘sent plea ahead of firing’
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Harvey Weinstein has said he is the victim of "false and defamatory statements" Film producer Harvey Weinstein sent out an email to Hollywood associates asking them to help stop him being fired by his own
Rock’s role model
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The singer scored 18 hit singles in the UK It all began with the bongos.As a seven year-old in 1950s Michigan, Susan Kay Quatro would sit with her father's jazz band, the Art Quatro
Uruguay: Plane crashes during Andes disaster memorial
Image copyright Ariel Colmegna Image caption The plane "took off and fell" according to one witness A plane carrying two people taking part in a memorial event to mark the 1972 Andes air disaster has crashed in Uruguay, killing one
Australia dual citizen saga: Long-awaited hearing begins
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Barnaby Joyce inherited New Zealand citizenship from his father An Australian court has begun a long-awaited hearing into whether seven MPs caught up in a dual citizenship saga should remain eligible for office.Under constitutional
ESPN anchor Jemele Hill suspended in social media ‘violation’
Image copyright Getty Images A US cable sports anchor who was reprimanded for calling President Donald Trump a white supremacist has been suspended after her latest tweets.ESPN said presenter Jemele Hill would be off air for two weeks because of
Google ‘uncovers Russian ad campaign linked to US election’
Image copyright Getty Images Google has found evidence that Russian agents spent tens of thousands of dollars on adverts in a bid to sway the 2016 US election, media reports say.Sources quoted by the Washington Post say the adverts aimed
Melania Trump hits back at Ivana ‘first lady’ jibe
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ivana Trump (L) said she was the first lady A spokeswoman for US First Lady Melania Trump has described comments by her husband's ex-wife Ivana as "attention seeking and self-serving noise".Ivana Trump told ABC's