Mr Iliescu assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on December 25 1989.

Mr Black will leave the role at the end of August with an interim chief executive being appointed in due course, the regulator said.

The Trump administration has come under scrutiny for the African countries it has entered into secretive deals with to take deportees. It sent eight men from South Sudan, Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar ...

Argentine Tango will stay closer to home for her next start with Tim Easterby planning a raid on the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes at York. The Mattmu filly has kept on improving all season, winning a Listed ...

There are 53 in contention for the British Champions Sprint Stakes with Royal Ascot winner Lazzat topping the bill. He could be joined by fellow French-trained entries such as Beauvatier, Daylight, ...

Goodwood Cup winner Scandinavia heads 26 entries for the Betfred St Leger, the final Classic of the season to be run at Doncaster on September 13. Aidan O’Brien dominates the potential field ...

The former officials speaking out on Gaza included those who led Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service, Mossad spy agency and the military.

Residents have told of waking to the sounds of gunshots after a 45-year-old man was shot dead in north London. Metropolitan Police officers found the victim with gunshot injuries in Dynevor Road, ...

Daniel Burba had an epileptic fit at the wheel of his wife’s Peugeot van which swerved off the M6 near Lancaster and hit a tree on April 20.

Swindon Town conceded the “world’s worst goal”, according to Ian Holloway, to lose at Walsall. What caused the breakdown at the back?

The negligence exhibited by the chief executive of the tour operator responsible for the Titan submersible, which fatally imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, contributed to the deaths of four ...

Appearing in court as Zoe Hardy, but charged as Luke Hardy, the 24-year-old used aliases online without telling police.