Kurdish residents in Syria’s Qamishli step up patrols as government pressure grows
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela face possible deportation next month as the U.S. moves to revoke their legal protections.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, making them eligible for deportation in about a month.
The order affects approximately 532,000 people who entered the United States under a Biden-era sponsorship initiative known as CHNV, which aimed to create legal migration pathways. The program was suspended after U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
The new policy targets individuals already in the U.S. under the humanitarian parole program. It follows a prior Trump administration decision to end what it called “broad abuse” of humanitarian parole—a long-standing legal mechanism used by presidents to grant temporary entry to people from conflict-affected or politically unstable countries.
Migrants without a legal basis to remain have been warned to leave the U.S. before April 24, when their work permits and deportation protections will be canceled.
During his campaign, President Donald Trump pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants. He is also considering revoking temporary legal status for roughly 240,000 Ukrainians who fled to the U.S. due to the war with Russia.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the state’s National Guard following the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, an incident that has triggered protests and intensified tensions between state and federal authorities.
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez said on Sunday the country should not fear pursuing energy ties with the United States, as Caracas seeks to expand oil and gas production and attract foreign investment.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected a U.S. magazine report on the death toll during January unrest. Nationwide protests erupted in response to soaring inflation and a national currency crisis.
A mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV was illuminated on Sunday at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, continuing a centuries-old Vatican tradition marking the election of a new pope.
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has climbed to 6,126, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd M. Lyons to appear in court on Friday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for failing to comply with multiple court orders, officials said.
Millions of people in Britain are struggling to afford basic necessities, with a new report warning that the number living in the deepest levels of poverty has reached a 30-year high, driven by soaring housing costs and rising child poverty.
India and the European Union have finalised a long-pending trade deal, both sides said on Tuesday, calling it the “mother of all deals” as they seek to hedge against uncertainty in U.S. trade ties.
The Trump administration has signalled to Ukraine that U.S. security guarantees depend on Kyiv agreeing to a peace deal likely requiring it to cede the Donbas region to Russia, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
France’s National Assembly has approved a bill banning access to social media for children under 15, a move backed by President Emmanuel Macron and the government as part of efforts to protect teenagers’ mental and physical health.
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