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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Somali-born member of Parliament who became an internationally known opponent of fundamentalist Islam said Tuesday she will resign and leave the Netherlands after the government said she was improperly granted citizenship. Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been under police protection since a film she wrote criticizing …

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake Wednesday morning disrupted a simulated tsunami warning drill on the remote South Pacific nation of Tonga, an official said. The quake rattled Tonga early Wednesday at the same time that emergency authorities on the country’s islands were broadcasting simulated alerts as part of …

LOS ANGELES – Robert Evans is headed to divorce court — again. His seventh wife, Victoria White O’Gara, filed for divorce June 16 in Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences, according to People magazine. Michael Levine, spokesman for the 75-year-old former Paramount production chief, declined comment Tuesday. The pair were married …