Caolán Magee

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Caolan writes news and features with a particular focus on the arms industry, big tech and human rights. He is based between London, UK and Beirut, Lebanon and has previously reported for The Guardian, CNN, The Times and the Independent. In 2026, he won Amnesty International’s Gaby Rado Award for his reporting from Syria on disappearances under the Assad government, after being shortlisted for the same award in 2025 for his reporting on weapons sales to Israel. He has also covered the Israel-Lebanon war from Beirut, migration from Morocco and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the French elections from Paris.

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‘They broke his neck’: Families of Syria’s disappeared still seek closure

Najwa, 60, and Ghada, 55, sitting in a living room in Damascus.

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Heavily armed Israeli soldiers at a barbed-wire barrier.

Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon

A closeup of Omar's face, where the extensive scarring to the left side of his face is visible. He still smiles at the camera, the scars on the left puckering around his large eyes

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The midterms showed that challenging support for Israel can win votes. But changing US foreign policy may be harder.

Trump/Netanyahu

Poland’s centrist government says it is restoring judicial independence after years of far-right political interference.

A woman carrying a child stands in front of police officers in riot gear as protesters gather outside the headquarters of Poland's Constitutional Court in Warsaw after police blocked access to the building on October 31, 2026.

Experts say Moscow is seeking arms revenue and further diplomatic influence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / POOL / AFP)

These were the updates about the results of Israel’s election on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media after voting at a polling station in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Jewel Samad/Pool Photo via AP)

Millions cast ballots in election widely billed as the most consequential in Israel’s history.

NAZARETH, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 27: Arab voters who are Israeli citizens cast their ballots at a polling station in Nazareth, Israel, during the general elections on October 27, 2026. ( Adri Salido - Anadolu Agency )

Rising energy costs and protests are sharpening European opposition to renewed US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Protesters hold a French flag amid clashes during demonstration organised by labour unions in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement joined by French high school and university students against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in France, October 24, 2026. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

Reports say Pentagon has drawn up plans for strikes after midterm polls, but analysts question what it could achieve.

Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump

No injuries were reported at the building, while police said a ‘suspicious person’ had been taken into custody.

TOPSHOT - Video grab taken from the webcam of the mountain guesthouse Kehlsteinhaus, known as the Eagle's Nest, formerly Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat, on early October 24, 2026, after a large fire had broken out at the site located at an altitude of 1,834 metres (6,000 feet) in the mountains over Berchtesgaden, in the southern German state of Bavaria.

Trump could face sanctions, including dismissal of his lawsuit, if he fails to cooperate with questioning.

US President Donald Trump talks to the media at the White House, Washington, DC, October 22, 2026 [AFP]

The positions of Washington and Tehran have changed dramatically since US-Israeli strikes began the war, analysts say.

Pro-government mourners walk beneath a portrait of Iran's Late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a religious rally marking Arbaeen, in the holy month of Muharram, in southern Tehran, Iran, on August 4, 2026, amid tensions between Iran and the U.S.

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