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Geert Wilders plunged Dutch politics into turmoil Tuesday by withdrawing his party’s ministers from the ruling coalition.

Five police officers died Monday after they were ambushed by an armed group in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala, local officials said.

Palestinians on their way to receive aid from a distribution site in southern Gaza have come under fire for a third consecutive day, with nearly 30 people killed and dozens wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser hospital.

The attack was the third such shooting in three days, as starving Palestinians trek to aid distribution points operating under a new, controversial U.S.-Israeli system.

Three British nationals accused of smuggling over two pounds of cocaine into Indonesia were charged Tuesday in a court on the tourist island of Bali. They face the death penalty under the country's strict drug laws.

A wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron was stolen by Greenpeace activists from a museum in Paris, in move aimed at highlighting business deals between the country and Russia.

Amid growing global denial of Jewish ties to Israel, U.S. Ambassador to Jerusalem Mike Huckabee said archaeological findings confirm Jewish roots dating back thousands of years.

U.S. military commentators praised Ukraine's "remarkable" Trojan Horse-like use of wooden sheds as it bombed as deep into Russia as Siberia.

South Koreans are voting for a new president in a snap election triggered by the ouster of Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who is facing rebellion charges over his short-lived imposition of martial law late last year.

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1-ranked player, suffered a major defeat on Sunday to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. 

The woman accused of murdering three members of her ex-husband's family by serving them poisonous mushrooms has taken the stand at an Australian court on Monday as the highly publicized triple murder trial nears its conclusion.

The directors of "No Other Land," a film about Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the territory, had invited journalists to interview the area's residents.

Ukraine's shock drone attack on Russian military air bases, including some deep inside Russian territory, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was secretly planned and coordinated from inside Russia over the past 18 months, seemed on Monday to have left the Kremlin speechless. 

Mount Etna, the rambunctious volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, grumbled back to life on Monday, spewing hot ash and lava in a pyroclastic flow, the nation's volcano monitoring body said. There was no immediate report of any risk to the local population, which is accustomed to Etna's frequent eruptions, or to air travel.

Warsaw, Poland — Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland's weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%.

Nawrocki beat out his liberal opponent by just under two percentage points.

After 18 months of preparation, Ukraine launched a massive drone strike deep into Russia, hitting airbases and destroying over 40 bombers in its longest-range operation, according to officials.

Israel denies firing on civilians collecting food at Gaza aid site, blaming Hamas for obstructing distribution and endangering residents amid false reports of Israeli attacks.

At least 31 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured near an aid distribution site run by a US-backed private foundation in southern Gaza on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

A Ukrainian security official says a drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory.

Ukraine launched a "large-scale" drone attack deep into Russian territory that security officials claim destroyed 40 military bombers as it gears up for another round of talks in Istanbul to explore prospects of a ceasefire.

Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon accuses the U.N. of using threats and "mafia-like" tactics against NGOs supporting the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

A U.K. government document flagged the possibility that Gaza cash assistance could benefit Hamas, a claim British officials deny. But critics say the issue remains unresolved.

Devotees celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, inside Krishan temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 2013.

Approximately 42 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium is theoretically enough to produce one atomic bomb, if enriched further to 90%, according to the watchdog.

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Pope Francis greets supporters on Aug. 8, 2014.

FILE - The Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 24, 2010.

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Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint.

Hamas agrees to release of 10 living hostages and return the bodies of 18 more, but terms that include a permanent ceasefire and complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza have been deemed unacceptable by the U.S. and Israel.