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The lack of a U.S. ambassador in Israel hobbles the Biden administration's ability to pursue its goals. The U.S. also lacks ambassadors in Egypt and other countries in the region.

The Taliban in Pakistan appear to be on the defensive. The challenge for Pakistan's government and military is how to consolidate some recent gains. The U.S. is urging Pakistan to press ahead, but the Pakistanis say that's not as easy as it sounds.

In the Mar-a-Lago documents case, prosecutors are in court today asking a federal judge to scrutinize one of the defense attorneys and determine whether the lawyer has a conflict of interest.

The Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the nomination of Michael Whitaker to head the FAA, at a time when aviation experts say the U.S. air travel system shows mounting signs of stress.

Netflix said it's raising the price for its most expensive streaming service by $2 to $23 per month in the U.S., and its lowest-priced, ad-free streaming plan to $12 — another $2 bump.

It's been a year since an earthquake caused such devastation in the mountains of Pakistan. But the nightmare continues for Ira Riaz. Her husband was among the 73,000 people killed in the earthquake. Since then, she lost her son in a landslide caused by an aftershock. She now spends her days swatting the flies gathering on the wounded limbs of her nine-year-old daughter, Samia, who lost both her legs in the landslide that killed her brother.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf continues to work through the most serious political crisis since he took power in a coup several weeks ago. Musharraf suspended the country's chief justice and since then, public protests have increased. The question is whether this is the crisis that will bring down his presidency.

Several hundred businessmen and politicians, including the former prime minister, have been detained since the president of Bangladesh declared a state of emergency 14 months ago.

Pakistan's new National Assembly was sworn in to office Monday. It's the first session since opposition parties won last month's parliamentary elections in a landslide over allies of President Pervez Musharraf.

A group of lawmakers investigating Britain's phone-hacking scandal have published a report on how the crisis was handled. The report could be detrimental to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and his son James. The investigation exposed cozy ties between media elites and politicians.