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Family and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza gather for a horse ride calling for their return, in a forest near Modiin, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The event was organized by the father of Idan Shtivi, one of more than 100 Israeli hostages who taken to Gaza after being abducted in a Hamas cross-border attack on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Dutch government pledges nearly $2.7 billion for Ukraine …

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot of the Netherlands following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Former DEA informant pleads guilty in 2021 assassination …

FILE - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 7, 2020. Joseph Vincent, a former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose killing in 2021 caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

At least 85 civilians killed by a Nigerian army drone …

Nigeria Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, center, with other Community leaders pray at the grave side were victims of an army drones attack were buried in Tudun Biri village Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. At least 80 people have been confirmed dead after an army drone attack "mistakenly" bombed a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, authorities said as the nation's leader ordered Tuesday a probe in the latest of such rampant misfires in Nigeria's conflict zones. (AP Photo Kehinde Gbenga)

A bedbug hoax is targeting foreign visitors in Athens. …

FILE - A bedbug is displayed at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, March 30, 2011. Greece’s health ministry is seeking police help against hoaxers who tried to scare foreign tourists out of several Athens short-term rental flats by inventing a bedbug crisis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Father of slain Italian woman challenges men to be agents …

People bid the last farewell to the coffin of Giulia Cecchettin during her funeral, at the Church of Santa Giustina in Padua, Italy, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. Mourners gathered at the Church of San Giustina in Padua for the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, the 22-year-old killed by her former boyfriend, 21-year-old Filippo Turetta, on Nov. 11. (Lucrezia Granzetti/LaPresse via AP)

Prince Harry challenges the decision to strip him of security …

FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is challenging on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, the British government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke of Sussex said he wants protection when he visits home and claimed it's partly because an aggressive press jeopardizes his safety and that of his family. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

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Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick …

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, via video conference, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is …

COP28 CEO Adnan Amin speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya …

FILE - Ethnic Rohingya men sit on a beach after they landed in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. The U.N. refugee agency on Monday Dec. 4, 2023 sounded the alarm for hundreds of Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift on the Andaman Sea. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah, File)

Lebanon’s Christians feel the heat of climate change …

Young cedar trees that have been planted in a forestation initiative 2,400 meters above sea level, are scattered in open land overlooking the Kadisha Valley, considered a holy site to Lebanon's Maronite Christians, in the northeast mountain town of Bcharre, Lebanon, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, …

Relatives and friends of Israeli Col. Asaf Hamami mourn during his funeral at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Hamami, the commander of the Gaza Division's Southern Brigade, was killed on Oct. 7, in the unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas that rules Gaza. and his remains are being held in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates | Israel’s military calls for more evacuations …

Palestinians look at the destruction by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing …

Migrants block the highway during their caravan through Huixtla, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. About 3,000 migrants, mostly from Central America, are protesting for the government to issue them temporary documents allowing them to continue north to the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar Clemente)