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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana offers the "World's smallest Koran" to his Moroccan counterpart Rachid Talbi Alami during his visit to Rabat, the first such visit by a head of Israeli parliament to the North African kingdom. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the British Parliament in the latest demonstration in London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. IMAGES
Uganda's Constitutional Court rejects a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. "We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement," Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda's deputy chief justice and head of the court, says in the landmark ruling. IMAGES
Hundreds of protesters demonstrate outside the British Parliament, many of them chanting "Free Palestine" and waving Palestinian flags as the House of Commons debates a motion tabled by the Scottish National Party calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Global concern has spiralled over the high civilian death toll and dire humanitarian crisis in the war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack against Israel. IMAGES
The new Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives tells lawmakers that his first act leading the chamber would be to introduce a resolution supporting Israel in its conflict with Hamas militants. "The first bill that I'm going to bring to this floor in just a little while will be in support of our dear, dear friend Israel, and we're overdue in getting that done," Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson says in his acceptance speech, warning that America's "greatest ally in the Middle East is under attack." IMAGES