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UK defends partial Israel arm sales ban

The UK has defended its decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the decision "shameful", saying on social media that it "will only embolden Hamas". But Husam Zomlot, the…

UAE pardons Bangladeshis jailed for protesting

The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were sentenced to long prison terms for staging protests in the Gulf state against their own government. Three of the defendants received life sentences in…

France: At least 12 dead after migrant boat capsizes

At least 12 people have drowned after a small boat carrying around 70 migrants capsized in the English Channel on Tuesday, just off the northern coast of France near Boulogne-sur-Mer, according to French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.…