NPR’s A Martinez talks with former Singapore diplomat Bilahari Kausikan about the impact of tariffs on Southeast Asia, and the risk they pose to the global economy.

After a week of market turmoil, President Trump announced he would reset his most extreme tariffs to 10 percent across the board, with the exception of China — which he boosted to a 125% tariff rate. Even at the reduced level, the tariff rates are the highest the nation has seen in many decades.And higher tariffs translate to higher prices for American consumers. Martha Gimbel of the Budget...

President Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on the steep tariffs that went into effect Wednesday — except for China.

In southern Syria, where the country’s revolution began, residents have traded the violence of civil war for another threat: Israeli airstrikes. Israel says it wants a disarmed buffer zone there. Residents say attacks challenge their sovereignty, hurt their livelihood and hobble their efforts to build a new country.

Since the rule of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ended, Israel has attacked Syria hundreds of times. Israel says they don’t trust the new government in Syria and so they are hitting areas in Syria adjacent to Israel in an effort disarm southern Syria. Our correspondent takes us to one of the Syrian villages on the border that was attacked.

All but one of the 27 EU member countries voted to impose tariffs on specific U.S. products. The vote came before President Trump announced a 90-day pause on U.S. tariffs on goods from most countries.

President Trump’s sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.

The EU decides to impose its own tariffs on the US, targeting over $24 billion of goods.

The killing of a Palestinian American teen by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank has sparked an outcry from relatives and community members in the Palestinian territory as well as the U.S.

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they’re gathering fighters and making plans to repel government forces if needed.

Trump’s new sweeping tariffs took effect after midnight. China says it’s toughing out the trade war. And, the Supreme Court ruled that firings of thousands of federal workers could proceed.

President Trump says the U.S. will add another 50% tariff to Chinese imports, making collective tariffs over 100% on the Asian country’s imports. What does this mean for U.S.-Chinese relations and the international trading order?

One of President Trump’s main campaign promises was carrying out mass deportations. We look at how the Trump administration is testing the U.S. legal system to make good on its promise, starting with the story of one family trying to find their 18-year-old son after immigration agents showed up at their doorstep.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 dipped more than 5% and other Asian shares also sank Wednesday as the latest set of U.S. tariffs, including a massive 104% levy on Chinese imports, took effect.