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The future of Kosovo again tops the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. The U.N. has been running the region ever since NATO helped end a Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians there eight years ago. But Kosovo's Albanians are planning to declare independence, a move resisted by Serbia.

While there has been steady progress on the military front, there has only been limited headway in achieving reconciliation among Iraq's political factions, nominee Navy Adm. Michael Mullen says. Mullen testifies Tuesday before the Senate Arms Services committee.

The Senate holds confirmation hearings Tuesday for the nomination of Adm. Mike Mullen as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Retired Adm. Robert Natter talks with Alex Chadwick.

The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 such that it is less disruptive to society — and he again stressed the importance of vaccination.

The new total of refugees from Ukraine amounts to a little more than 2% of the country's total population of 44 million.

Russia's top prosecutor called for Facebook and Instagram's parent company to be labeled an extremist group after Meta said it would permit some calls for violence against "Russian invaders."

Organizers at Roland-Garros said Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic should be allowed to compete at the French Open thanks to loosened COVID rules in France.

The sale at Christie's of Salvator Mundi, which dates from around 1500, easily tops previous records set in 2015 for a Picasso sold at auction and a Willem de Kooning sold privately.

Iraq's parliament approves a government that includes a new prime minister and additional representation for Sunni Muslims. The so-called unity government is to serve for four years.

Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, have filed a civil lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney, and a handful of other top-level administration officials. They claim that Cheney endangered their lives and violated their privacy when he allegedly exposed Plame as a CIA operative.