The move by Kosovo to become an “independent and democratic state” is backed by the US and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.

Kosovo’s prime minister today announced a special afternoon session of parliament where lawmakers planned to declare independence – a bold and historic bid for statehood in defiance of Serbia and Russia.

A NEWBORN in Sierra Leone has the lowest chance in the world of surviving until age five, and the prospects are almost as bad for children in Angola and Afghanistan, according to a UN report released last night.

A NEWBORN baby born shortly after her 16-year-old mother was rammed by a car during a long-standing feud was “critical” in hospital last night.

A NEWBORN baby has been found abandoned in a hospital in Scotland.

A NEWBORN baby boy died as a result of an “acute near-drowning incident” while being delivered in a birthing pool at Cavan General Hospital last year, an inquest heard yesterday.

NEWBORN babies in Cork are not being automatically vaccinated against TB — even though BCG vaccination jabs are on the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) recommended childhood vaccine schedule.

A NEWBORN baby has been found abandoned under a bush in Leicester, England.

A NEWBORN baby dumped in a Kenyan forest was miraculously saved by a stray dog which carried her across a busy road and through a barbed-wire fence to a shed where she was eventually discovered with a litter of pups.

A NEWBORN brother and sister were nestled in a New York hospital bed with their 56-year-old mother yesterday, a day after their history-making arrival.