China, Japan and South Korea finance and central bank officials met and discussed the impact of US tariffs on the global and regional macroeconomic situation, China's central bank said on Friday.The People's Bank of China Deputy Governor Xuan Changneng was at the ASEAN and China, Japan and South Korea finance and central bank deputies meeting on April 8-9, according to a statement.

The United Nations' human rights office claimed on Friday that Israel's actions in Gaza are increasingly endangering the existence of Palestinians as a group."In light of the cumulative impact of Israeli forces conduct in Gaza, we are seriously concerned that Israel appears to be inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life increasingly incompatible with their continued existence as a group," Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights told reporters in Geneva.

The Trump administration aims to convince some immigrants without legal status to self-deport by adding them to a database of dead people, thus rendering their Social Security numbers inoperable, an administration official told Reuters.Immigrants who were legally admitted to the US under the Biden administration but have since had their temporary status revoked would be added to the Social Security Administration's "death master list," which is normally used to identify dead people who should no longer receive Social Security benefits, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss the plans.The scheme was first reported by the New York Times, citing documents it reviewed and six people familiar with the plans. The goal is to pressure migrants to self-deport by effectively canceling their Social Security numbers and cutting them off from financial services, the Times reported."President Trump promised mass deportations and by removing the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self-deport," Assistant Press Secretary Liz Huston said in a statement, without directly addressing the plan.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Russia and is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Axios reported, citing a source familiar with the trip and FlightRadar data.

The Israeli Air Force participated last week in an international air exercise called "Iniochos", which was held in Greece under the leadership of the Hellenic Air Force.Dozens of aircraft and units from foreign militaries - including Qatar - took part in the exercise, which trained together on air combat scenarios, air-to-ground strikes, dealing with advanced surface-to-air missile threats, and diverse combat scenarios.Squadron 122 represented the Israeli Air Force, which operates "Eagle" reconnaissance aircrafts.