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Australia says there was no imminent risk to any Australian or New Zealand assets

Move eliminates roughly 6% of the Internal Revenue Service’s workforce during busy tax-filing season

US President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to step up deportations

There was no immediate comment from the Philippine Embassy in Beijing

He testifies at his former boss's impeachment trial

Seoul emphasizes that South Korea is already applying low duties on American products under the free trade agreement between the 2 nations

Officials say it targed victims in China and India with sports betting and investment schemes

3 devices detonated, 2 more were defused

Arab nations meet to find alternative to Trump’s Gaza takeover plan as US pushes for ceasefire phase two

Changing attitudes toward the long-standing US-European alliance are on display at the annual conference

VOA speaks with Washington’s former ambassador to Kyiv about the recent tension in the relationship and the way forward to a peace plan. Ukrainians react to President Trump’s disparaging statements about President Zelenskyy. An update on the fragile peace between Israel and Hamas. The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in the United States, and Germany prepares for an election.

On the International Day of Social Justice, residents of Derik, in northern and eastern Syria, approach the day with different perspectives. While some say that justice has improved since the former regime's rule in the region ended, others say that the justice they dream of has still not been achieved. Click here for the full story in Kurdish. 

Democrats lack the votes to stop the bill but have vowed to fight it as long as possible, accusing Republicans of shortchanging American families to benefit the wealthy with tax breaks

In Kobani, due to the recent military confrontation between Turkish-backed groups and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), trade roads were closed, and the lack of goods and materials has affected the daily life of residents. Factories are suffering heavy losses and unemployment is rising. Click here for the full story in Kurdish.

As Syrian Arab refugees in the Kurdish city of Afrin return to their homes in Damascus and elsewhere, displaced Afrinis are afraid to return to their city. According to official statistics from the Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria, there are more than 120,000 displaced people from Afrin, 3,000 families of whom are in Qamishli. Click here for the full story in Kurdish. 

U.S. small businesses are waiting to feel the effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum. Michelle Quinn reports.

Sheinbaum acts after US designates Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations 

From there, they’ll be transferred to Venezuela