Despite previous Supreme Court ruling, Trump has sought new approach to limit the long-standing practice.
Washington, DC – Rights organisations have launched a legal challenge to United States President Donald Trump’s latest efforts to restrict which infants born in the country are automatically granted birthright citizenship.
Evacuations have been ordered for areas along California’s famous Big Sur coast as a wildfire burns in the nearby steep, rugged mountains.
The Timber fire in Monterey county started on Sunday and grew to 2,000 acres by Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency. Nearly 500 fire personnel had been assigned to the fire in the Los Padres national forest.
Baka’s confirmation is the latest repudiation of Viktor Orban’s legacy by Hungary’s new leaders
Hungary’s parliament has confirmed Andras Baka, a former Supreme Court chief and critic of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as the country’s next president.
Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
Lebanon’s parliament has passed a law to abolish capital punishment, making it the first country in the Middle East to do so.
Four prominent US human rights organizations have accused the Trump administration of using its “crippling” sanctions regime against the international criminal court (ICC) to undermine global efforts to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Every parent makes threats in an effort to get their kids to behave – and every parent hopes they won’t have to follow through.
Some (most?) parents even make threats they have zero intention of carrying out.
On Wednesday, millions of people across Europe will get the chance to experience their first total solar eclipse in 27 years.
Starting at 15:34 GMT, the brightness of the daylight hours will gradually be interrupted as the moon begins to block the sun, eventually turning day into sudden night for about two minutes along the path of totality.
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ByRachel FoleyBBC Weather and Mark PoyntingClimate and Science reporter
France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a "small revolution" for the sales industry.
From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors - but there are some exceptions.
Jeff Bezos reportedly part of consortium interested in English Premier League club Liverpool, but fans ask for meeting.
The Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly said the interests of the football club and fans must come first following reports that a consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to a deal to buy a significant minority stake.