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Widodo is under pressure over war, which killed more than 11,000 in a month, but is likely to take a low-key approach.

LONDON: British lawmakers and members of the upper house of parliament have called on the government to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, saying it would be a step toward restoring stability to the Middle East. Proscribing the IRGC as a terrorist group would mean it would become a criminal offense in Britain to belong to the group, attend its meetings or carry its logo in public. The IRGC is already subject to British sanctions.

As the war enters, its 628th day, these are the main developments.

Founder of one of Canada's largest clothing brands is convicted of charges linked to incidents between 1988 and 2005.

BAGHDAD: Nearly 200 families have been repatriated to Iraq from Syria’s Al-Hol camp, home to about 50,000 people including family members of suspected extremists, an Iraqi official said Sunday. An estimated 10,000 foreigners from about 60 nationalities, including relatives of suspected Daesh militants, are held in the squalid and overcrowded camp in Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria which also houses refugees.

The military said the cause is under investigation, but there are no indications of any hostile activity involved.

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces fired artillery into southern Lebanon on Sunday after an incoming anti-tank missile wounded several Israeli civilians near the border, an army spokesman said. The Israeli army said “a number of civilians were wounded” in the anti-tank missile strike near the village of Dovev, just half a mile (800 meters) from the frontier with Lebanon. “Artillery is striking the origin of the launch,” a statement said.