DC Circuit unlikely to block Trump’s national immigrant registry
WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Thursday signaled the Trump administration’s universal national registry for noncitizens may need to be narrowed as to the sort of information the government can require immigrants turn over, rather than blocked outright. A...
Thailand carries out more airstrikes on Cambodia as deadly border conflict flares
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thailand on Thursday carried out more airstrikes on Cambodia, claiming its jet fighters struck a warehouse where the Cambodian army had stored rockets that have been deployed to deadly effect in combat that began last week....
EU court says Poland broke law by sidelining judges and tainted constitutional court
(CN) — A long-running clash between the European Union and Poland reached a turning point Thursday, as Europe’s highest court said the country broke EU law by allowing its constitutional court to sideline EU rulings and fall short of basic standards of judicial...
Australia PM vows to stamp out hatred as nation mourns youngest Bondi victim
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia’s prime minister vowed Thursday to stamp out extremism as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as “our little ray of sunshine.” Father-and-son gunmen are accused of...
Experts warn of dire forecast for Colorado River basin
LAS VEGAS (CN) — Managing water in the Colorado River basin is like balancing your checkbook. Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University, played a role in developing a budget for the Colorado River basin, upon which seven...
Sudanese paramilitary group RSF killed more than 1,000 civilians in Zamzam camp in April, UN says
CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group earlier this year on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report released Thursday....
Israel launches intense airstrikes in Lebanon as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon on Thursday as a deadline looms to disarm the militant Hezbollah group along the countries’ tense frontier. The strikes came a day before a meeting of the...
Belarusian leader says Russia deployed its latest nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile to the country
(AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president said Thursday that Russia had deployed its latest nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system to the country, a move that comes as talks to end the war in Ukraine have entered a crucial phase. President...
German man jailed for life over deadly carnival car-ramming
BERLIN (AFP) — A German man received a life sentence and was ordered into psychiatric care on Thursday for plowing his car through a carnival market, killing two and injuring several more. The attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim in March struck as visitors...