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UK Home Secretary is 'Shocked' at The Numbers of Migrants Crossing The Channel Illegally

Home Secretary Priti Patel has slammed the 'shocking' numbers of migrants crossing the Channel illegally, as around 90 more were caught trying to get to the UK this morning. An RNLI lifeboat is believed to

A worker pours water on newly planted flowers at a burial site for victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus at Keputih cemetery in Surabaya, East Java on July 15, 2020. JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP

The Invisible Enemy: Seven Months on The World Continues to Battle The Virus

What is this enemy? Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling an infection doctors had never seen before, the world has reached an unsettling crossroads. Countless hours of treatment and research,

Will The Next WTO Director-General be a Saudi?

Saudi Arabia's candidate for the post of Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Advisor at the Royal Court Mohammed bin Mazyad Al-Tuwaijiri arrived in Geneva on Tuesday to take part in the meetings

Palestine Announces Death of 12-Day-Old Baby Infected by COVID-19

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Tuesday the death of a 12-day-old baby in the town of Yatta, southwest of Hebron. The baby had died infected by the coronavirus, making him the youngest killed by

Is Egypt Supplying Arms to Libya And to Whom?

The Libyan army said Wednesday it has spotted the dispatch of military supplies from Egypt to the city of Tobruk in northeastern Libya. The new development came shortly after warlord Khalifa Haftar said his forces

Corona Virus

India Puts 375 Million People Back in Lockdown

India has ordered 375million people back into lockdown as the country suffered another record spike in coronavirus cases today. Health officials announced 29,429 new cases this morning, bringing

A candle is lit and placed on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in central London on July 4, 2020 in honour of the tens of thousands of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK as the building itself is lit up blue as a tribute to NHS workers and to mark the 72nd anniversary of the NHS. Tolga AKMEN / AFP

UK Fears Second COVID-19 Wave May Kill up to 120,000 People

A Palestinian protester waves his national flag in front of Israeli security forces outside the compound of the Israeli-run Ofer prison near Betunia in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 30, 2016. (AFP Photo)

Palestinians Protest Outside Gaza's ICRC Office For The Release of Covid-19 Detainees

A Moroccan municipal worker disinfects outside a house in a closed street in the southern port city of Safi on June 9, 2020 after Moroccan authorities declared a total lockdown following the discovery of many new COVID-19 coronavirus cases there at a fish canning factory. FADEL SENNA / AFP

Morocco Reimposes Lockdown After Virus Spike

The long conflict has devastated the health system and displaced 3.3 million people who live in camps where cholera and other diseases are rife. ESSA AHMED / AFP

UK Allocates $6.3 Million For Refugees in 'Mideast' War Zones

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A social worker shows a homeless child the proper way to use a face mask inside one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Almost a third of Egypt's population of 100 million lives in poverty, with street children not only among the poorest, but also regularly exposed to verbal, physical and sexual violence. The coronavirus pandemic has left them even more vulnerable. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Youths from the "Children without Shelter" program attend a fitness sessions in their residences at Banati foundation in 6th October City on the outskirts of the capital Cairo on July 13, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Homeless children play an educational game with a social worker inside one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

A woman looks on as a worker entertains a homeless child inside one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Almost a third of Egypt's population of 100 million lives in poverty, with street children not only among the poorest, but also regularly exposed to verbal, physical and sexual violence. The coronavirus pandemic has left them even more vulnerable. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Youths from the "Children without Shelter" program attend a fitness sessions in their residences at Banati foundation in 6th October City on the outskirts of the capital Cairo on July 13, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

A homeless child leaves one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Almost a third of Egypt's population of 100 million lives in poverty, with street children not only among the poorest, but also regularly exposed to verbal, physical and sexual violence. The coronavirus pandemic has left them even more vulnerable. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

New York City watching Manhattanhenge in the northwest (Twitter/W.Shein)

42nd Street, Manhattanhenge in New York City (Twitter)

The sun lines up perfectly with Manhattan's grid during a dramatic event called Manhattanhenge (Twitter)

Manhattanhenge happens four times a year, when the sun rises or sets parallel to the street grid in Manhattan (Twitter)

The sun sets along 42nd Street, during the so called "Manhattanhenge", on July 13, 2020 in New York City. The so called Manhattanhenge happens four times each year, when when the sun rises or sets in New York City parallel to the city street grid in Manhattan. Johannes EISELE / AFP

Manhattanhenge: The Solstice Of New York (Twitter)

Manhattanhenge from Anable Basin Bar (Twitter)

Fingers crossed for the clouds to dissipate before manhattanhenge happen (Twitter)

A protester holds a sign reading "Ministry of rape" as another lights a pink flare during a demonstration called by feminist movements in Nantes, western France, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

A protester holds their fist up during a demonstration called by feminist movements in Nantes, western France, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

Protesters hold signs and banners as they take part in a demonstration called by feminist movements in Nantes, western France, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

A protester (L) waves a rainbow flag, symbol of LGBTQ social movements, and others hold placards during a demonstration called by feminist movements in front of the city hall in Paris, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. Thomas COEX / AFP

A protester holds a placard reading 'accused of rape and police chief' during a demonstration called by feminist movements on the main square of Lille, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. DENIS CHARLET / AFP

People gathered to protest against France's new Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, aged 37, whose promotion has outraged feminists because of a years-old rape claim that remains under investigation, and against France's new Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, who aroused the ire of feminists by criticising the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, saying such complaints "should be made not to the media, not on social networks, but to the judiciary." GEORGES GOBET / AFP

A protester holds a sign reading "Macrhonte", a play on words on the French President's name and the French word for "shame" during a demonstration called by feminist movements in Nantes, western France, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

Protesters hold signs and banners as they take part in a demonstration called by feminist movements in Nantes, western France, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. LOIC VENANCE / AFP

Protesters perform a dance inspired by the Chilean feminist group "Las Tesis" during a demonstration called by feminist movements in front of the city hall in Paris, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. Thomas COEX / AFP

People, some wearing face masks, wave a giant Turkey national flag and shout slogans outside the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul on July 10, 2020 as they gather to celebrate after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

People, some wearing face masks, pray outside the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul on July 10, 2020 as they gather to celebrate after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

A man flashes the V for Victory hand sign and waves a flag outside the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul on July 10, 2020 as people gather to celebrate after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

People, some wearing face masks, pray outside the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul on July 10, 2020 as they gather to celebrate after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

Tourists visit the inside of Hagia Sophia on July 10, 2020, in Istanbul, before a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

A tourist visits the inside of Hagia Sophia on July 10, 2020, in Istanbul, before a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

Tourists visit the inside of Hagia Sophia on July 10, 2020, in Istanbul, before a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

Two men take a selfie picture in front of Hagia Sophia on July 11, 2020 in Istanbul, a day after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The World Council of Churches, which represents 350 Christian churches, said on July 11 it wrote to Turkey's President expressing "grief and dismay" over his decision to turn the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. Ozan KOSE / AFP

Women pray outside the Hagia Sophia museum on July 10, 2020 in Istanbul as people gather to celebrate after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court which on July 2 debated a case brought by a Turkish NGO, cancelled a 1934 cabinet decision and ruled the UNESCO World Heritage site would be reopened to Muslim worshipping. The sixth-century Istanbul building -- a magnet for tourists -- has been a museum since 1935, open to believers of all faiths thanks to a cabinet decision stamped by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ozan KOSE / AFP

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

After Syria's war whisked away the silkworms from his mulberry trees, 65-year-old Mohammed Saud instead turned his idle home workshop into a silk museum to celebrate the ancient craft. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

They would raise silk worms in the spring, watching them munch on mulberry tree leaves and slowly build their thick cocoons, before spinning the thread and weaving those coils into fine cloth. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

In the green hills of Deir Mama, Saud, his wife and three sons have been making silk for decades. They would raise silk worms in the spring, watching them munch on mulberry tree leaves and slowly build their thick cocoons, before spinning the thread and weaving those coils into fine cloth. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

In the green hills of Deir Mama, Saud, his wife and three sons have been making silk for decades. They would raise silk worms in the spring, watching them munch on mulberry tree leaves and slowly build their thick cocoons, before spinning the thread and weaving those coils into fine cloth. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

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A social worker shows a homeless child the proper way to use a face mask inside one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Almost a third of Egypt's population of 100 million lives in poverty, with street children not only among the poorest, but also regularly exposed to verbal, physical and sexual violence. The coronavirus pandemic has left them even more vulnerable. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Youths from the "Children without Shelter" program attend a fitness sessions in their residences at Banati foundation in 6th October City on the outskirts of the capital Cairo on July 13, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Homeless children play an educational game with a social worker inside one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

A woman looks on as a worker entertains a homeless child inside one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Almost a third of Egypt's population of 100 million lives in poverty, with street children not only among the poorest, but also regularly exposed to verbal, physical and sexual violence. The coronavirus pandemic has left them even more vulnerable. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Youths from the "Children without Shelter" program attend a fitness sessions in their residences at Banati foundation in 6th October City on the outskirts of the capital Cairo on July 13, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

A homeless child leaves one of the mobile units run by the Egyptian authorities and used as part of the "Atfal bala ma'wa" (Children without a home) social program, in the capital Cairo's Abbasia district on June 22, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Almost a third of Egypt's population of 100 million lives in poverty, with street children not only among the poorest, but also regularly exposed to verbal, physical and sexual violence. The coronavirus pandemic has left them even more vulnerable. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

New York City watching Manhattanhenge in the northwest (Twitter/W.Shein)

42nd Street, Manhattanhenge in New York City (Twitter)

The sun lines up perfectly with Manhattan's grid during a dramatic event called Manhattanhenge (Twitter)

Manhattanhenge happens four times a year, when the sun rises or sets parallel to the street grid in Manhattan (Twitter)

The sun sets along 42nd Street, during the so called "Manhattanhenge", on July 13, 2020 in New York City. The so called Manhattanhenge happens four times each year, when when the sun rises or sets in New York City parallel to the city street grid in Manhattan. Johannes EISELE / AFP

Manhattanhenge: The Solstice Of New York (Twitter)

Manhattanhenge from Anable Basin Bar (Twitter)

Fingers crossed for the clouds to dissipate before manhattanhenge happen (Twitter)

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

After Syria's war whisked away the silkworms from his mulberry trees, 65-year-old Mohammed Saud instead turned his idle home workshop into a silk museum to celebrate the ancient craft. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

They would raise silk worms in the spring, watching them munch on mulberry tree leaves and slowly build their thick cocoons, before spinning the thread and weaving those coils into fine cloth. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP

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