On August 3rd, Ambassador Husain Haqqani appeared on Amanpour on CNN International to discuss Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif being forced from office. Haqqani said that Pakistan is "not a democracy in that leaders are actually voted out."

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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)