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Violent protests in Kazakhstan in recent days have seen the government resign and the declaration of a state of emergency as troops from a Russian-led military alliance head to the Central Asian country to help quell the unrest.

Kazakhstan is in turmoil and regional troops have been sent to quell unrest. Here’s what you need to know

By Helen Regan, CNN Violent protests in Kazakhstan in recent days have seen the government resign and the declaration of a state of emergency as troops from a Russian-led military alliance head to the Central Asian country to help quell the unrest. It’s the biggest challenge yet to autocratic President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s rule, with initial

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An Arizona police officer who fatally shot a man in a wheelchair in November was fired at the conclusion of an internal investigation

Tucson police officer who fatally shot man in wheelchair has been fired, department says

By Claudia Dominguez and Amy Simonson, CNN Ryan Remington, the Tucson police officer who fatally shot a man in a motorized wheelchair, was terminated on Wednesday after an internal investigation came to an end, according to an updated statement posted on the police department’s website. The termination is effective immediately, the statement said, and he

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George Floyd’s 4-year-old grandniece shot and injured in New Year’s Day shooting

By Sara Sidner, Omar Jimenez, Rosa Flores, Kacey Cherry and Sarah Moon, CNN George Floyd’s 4-year-old grandniece, Arianna Delane, was shot and injured after several shots were fired into an apartment in Houston on New Year’s Day, Derrick Delane, the girl’s father, told CNN affiliate KTRK. “She is recovering,” Delane told CNN correspondent Rosa Flores

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