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Police work a scene where a person was fatally shot and an officer was injured during a traffic stop in Franklin Park

Man fatally shot during ICE traffic stop after dragging and injuring an officer in Chicago suburb, DHS says

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who resisted arrest and dragged the officer during a vehicle stop in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The man, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, was an undocumented immigrant, according to DHS. The officer, who was

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Nepal's former Chief Justice Sushila Karki in capital Kathmandu on January 30

Former chief justice sworn in as Nepal’s interim prime minister following deadly protests

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,

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov looks on as the US and Russian presidents meet during a summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage

Russia just said what Ukraine has been trying to tell Trump for months: Peace talks are going nowhere fast

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;

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A session during the final phase of the trial of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of plotting coup, sentenced to over 27 years in prison

By Julia Vargas Jones, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of attempting to overturn the country’s 2022 election with a plot prosecutors say included plans to assassinate the president-elect in a bid to cling to power. Four out of five justices on a Brazilian Supreme Court panel

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