Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration. It will be effective April 24. The move cuts short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants under former President Joe Biden that allowed them to enter the country by air if they had U.S. sponsors. Trump, a Republican, took steps to ramp up immigration enforcement after taking office, including a push to deport record numbers of migrants in the U.S. illegally.…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s top security adviser Sergei Shoigu on Friday, and said North Korea will continue to support Russia’s struggle to protect national sovereignty, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday. Shoigu travelled to North Korea and discussed Ukraine with Kim, Russia’s TASS news agency had reported on Friday. Kim and Shoigu discussed ways to further expand and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Russia and North Korea in various fields including in security, KCNA said, without elaborating.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s top security adviser Sergei Shoigu on Friday, and said North Korea will continue to support Russia’s struggle to protect national sovereignty, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday. Shoigu travelled to North Korea and discussed Ukraine with Kim, Russia’s TASS news agency had reported on Friday. Kim and Shoigu discussed ways to further expand and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Russia and North Korea in various fields including in security, KCNA said, without elaborating.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s top security adviser Sergei Shoigu on Friday, and said North Korea will continue to support Russia’s struggle to protect national sovereignty, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday. Shoigu travelled to North Korea and discussed Ukraine with Kim, Russia’s TASS news agency had reported on Friday. Kim and Shoigu discussed ways to further expand and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Russia and North Korea in various fields including in security, KCNA said, without elaborating.

Ukrainian air defences destroyed 100 of 179 drones launched by Russia during an overnight attack, Kyiv’s air force said on Saturday. Another 63 drones were “locationally lost”, typically a result of electronic jamming, and damage was reported in the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy and Kyiv regions of Ukraine, the air force said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration. It will be effective April 24. The move cuts short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants under former President Joe Biden that allowed them to enter the country by air if they had U.S. sponsors. Trump, a Republican, took steps to ramp up immigration enforcement after taking office, including a push to deport record numbers of migrants in the U.S. illegally.…

Europe’s biggest military powers are drawing up plans to take on greater responsibilities for the continent’s defence from the U.S., including a pitch to the Trump administration for a managed transfer over the next five to 10 years, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The UK, France, Germany and the Nordics are among the countries engaged in the informal but structured discussions, the newspaper reported, citing four European officials involved.

Billionaire Elon Musk took his campaign to cut the U.S. federal government into uncharted waters on Friday, holding an unprecedented top-level meeting at the Pentagon and calling for the prosecution of any Defense Department officials leaking “maliciously false information” about his visit. Musk, whose businesses have a number of Defense Department contracts, met U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for 80 minutes in his first such talks at the Pentagon, which is responsible for a large chunk of federal government spending. It was unclear whether U.S. generals joined that meeting virtually. The New York Times reported that Musk would be briefed…

Europe’s biggest military powers are drawing up plans to take on greater responsibilities for the continent’s defence from the U.S., including a pitch to the Trump administration for a managed transfer over the next five to 10 years, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The UK, France, Germany and the Nordics are among the countries engaged in the informal but structured discussions, the newspaper reported, citing four European officials involved.

Palestinian resistance group Hamas is to blame for deaths in the Gaza Strip since hostilities resumed, the United States told the United Nations Security Council on Friday. “Hamas bears full responsibility for the ongoing war in Gaza and for the resumption of hostilities. Every death would have been avoided had Hamas accepted the bridge proposal that the United States offered last Wednesday,” acting U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Shea told the 15-member council.