A South Carolina police officer was shot and wounded while sitting in his patrol car Sunday in what one official called an “ambush-style attack,” and local sheriff’s deputies later shot and killed a suspect in a shootout, authorities said.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s India Tour LIVE: Merz’s visit from Monday — his first to an Asian country since he took office last May — comes two weeks ahead of a planned EU-India summit.

The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court. It seeks an FIR against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the DGP, and the Kolkata Police Commissioner. The agency alleges obstruction and evidence tampering in a money laundering case. This involves a probe into the political consultancy firm I-PAC. The ED claims its officers were threatened and evidence was seized.