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Homeland Security, rights group to meet in court over migrants at Guantanamo Bay

FILE – Newly erected holding tents for detained migrants are seen at the United States’ Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 21, 2025. (U.S. Navy/AFN Guantanamo Bay Public Affairs/Handout via Reuters)

Publisher Zamora reimprisoned in Guatemala in move lawyer calls ‘inhumane’

FILE – Newspaper founder Jose Ruben Zamora leaves in handcuffs after a court hearing in Guatemala City, June 14, 2023.

US Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees

FILE — The U.S. Department of Education is seen in Washington, March 6, 2025.

White House defends Trump’s push to deport pro-Palestinian activist

People attend a protest following the arrest by U.S. immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in Berkeley, Calif., March 11, 2025.

Russia’s gains in Kursk threaten Kyiv’s leverage

FILE – A woman walks past a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk following Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region, Aug. 16, 2024. Since Kyiv launched its cross-border assault into the Kursk region in August 2024, Moscow has been pushing back hard.

House Republicans block Congress’ ability to challenge Trump tariffs

FILE – A U.S. flag flies near the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 25, 2025.

Wall Street swings wildly, briefly dropping more than 10% below its record

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, March 11, 2025.

US House passes short-term funding resolution as shutdown date nears

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson arrives for a press conference ahead of a potential budget vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 11, 2025.

VOA Kurdish: In Kobani, people protest Alevi massacres, Turkish bombings

FILE – Residents of northeastern Syria walk at the Tishrin Dam to join a sit-in demanding an end to the war in the region in Aleppo’s countryside, Syria, Jan. 8, 2025.