WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security has been forced to resign amid a staff shakeup spurred by President Donald Trump’s growing frustration over the number of Central American migrants crossing the southern border.

Claire Grady resigned Tuesday. She was technically the next in line to replace Kirstjen Nielsen, who resigned Sunday. But Trump chose Kevin McAleenan, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as acting secretary. That meant Grady had to resign or be fired.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem Tuesday when a YouTube livestream of the proceedings was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments from internet users.

YouTube disabled the live chat section of the streaming video about 30 minutes into the hearing because of what it called “hateful comments.”

by Sella Oneko, Martina Schwikowski

by Mehmet Kanci

5 Apr 2019; AA: During the recent Washington meeting of the foreign ministers of NATO member nations, the international community clearly saw that the F-35 project has now gone beyond aiming to modernize the alliance's air force and, instead, become an instrument of pressure on European allies, and primarily Turkey.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

The U.S. and NATO Resolute Support mission said the four Americans were killed near the Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, while three others were wounded in the explosion. The base in Bagram district is located in northern Parwan province and serves as the main U.S. air facility in the country.

by EMILY SCHMALL

NEW DELHI (AP) — As she patrols for cow smugglers, Sadhvi Kamal, a Hindu holy woman in a saffron robe, rides in a white SUV with a sticker on the rear window displaying a cow framed by swords and rifles. The words in the sticker’s logo say, “The cow is the mother of the world.”

by Zhang Danhong, Andreas Becker (hg)

3 Apr 2019; DW: Stefan Bachmeier still recalls the golden times of German machine builders in China. He works for a company called Kaeser Kompressoren, a medium-sized enterprise from Coburg, Germany. The firm has a workforce of 5,000 and specializes in compressed air technology.

DENVER, the United States, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Seven years ago, Tom Sullivan's face became a symbol of anguish and pain, as the U.S. media aired him screaming "find my son."

Thursday in Denver, the U.S. state of Colorado, the grieving father got some redemption.

With a razor-close vote, the Colorado senate voted 18-17 to approve Sullivan's House Bill 1177 -- allowing Colorado police to take guns away from people showing signs of being a threat to themselves or others.

Srinagar, Mar 30 (PTI) The forthcoming general elections will be a battle to save India, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said here on Saturday.

The former Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) chief minister also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making false promises to the people of the country.

"This election is a battle to save India. It is not just about Jammu and Kashmir. You have to safeguard religious freedom," Abdullah said here.

by Chase Winter

25 Mar 2019; DW: US President Donald Trump's support for Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights serves no obvious strategic goals. And experts say the move could incite more land grabs — even Israel's annexation of the West Bank.

BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- For more than a month, Tong Fangping has spent half of his work time at a tree seedling base of the Hunan Academy of Forestry.

As spring comes, the base is sending a large number of tree seedlings to two once barren old mining regions in the central Chinese province of Hunan.

Rich in mineral resources, Hunan has a total mining area of 400,000 hectares. Dozens and even hundreds of years of mining activities have damaged the ecological environment.

20 Mar 2019; DW: As Germany and the world are set to launch fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks and major telecommunication companies prepare to rollout 5G enabled devices, consumers are asking whether this latest generation of mobile phone communication will be detrimental to their health.

What makes 5G different?