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By Rhea Mogul, Sugam Pokharel, and Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Nepal’s first female prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim leader, capping a tumultuous week that saw massive and deadly youth-led protests against corruption and nepotism topple the country’s leader and plunge the nation into political turmoil. Former chief justice Sushila Karki,

By Joseph Ataman, Pierre Bairin and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Severed pigs’ heads dumped outside mosques, red hands daubed on a Holocaust memorial, Stars of David sprayed in Paris neighborhoods: French authorities suspect foreign – and plausibly Russian – interference in a chain of acts looking to stoke internal tensions in France. The

By Lauren Kent, Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russia-Ukraine peace talks are “more on pause” than they are active, the Kremlin said Friday, in an acknowledgement that confirms what Ukraine has been warning for months – negotiations are faltering despite a push from US President Donald Trump. “The channels of communication exist and are established;

By Zeena Saifi, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — In the weeks since Israel announced plans to take over Gaza City, the Israeli military has destroyed or damaged more than 1,800 buildings in and around the city, CNN analysis has found. Satellite imagery taken by Planet Labs on September 5 shows large-scale demolitions, mostly of residential

By Jessie Yeung, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Char Reck, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, according to the country’s rail operator. The trip on Friday comes after Harry made a solo journey to Britain earlier in the week during which he

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained by immigration authorities in Georgia last week arrived home on Friday, marking the end of a saga that has stunned their nation and threatened to upend a close bilateral friendship between the US and South Korea. The