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Libyans carry placards during a demonstration with yellow vests ("gilets jaunes") against strongman Khalifa Haftar in the capital Tripoli's Martyrs Square on April 19, 2019. (Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)

The Forces of Haftar Kill 6 Africans in Libya

Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Tuesday accused forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar of killing irregular migrants. Mustafa el-Mecei, the spokesman for the GNA's Burkan al-Ghadab (Volcano of Rage) military operation, told

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AFP/File)

Hamas Recruits PA Security to Spy for it

Hamas movement has infiltrated the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security apparatuses and recruited senior PA officials to spy for it, according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. High-ranking Palestinian officials told the Israeli newspaper that the PA military

Syrian men and civil defense volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a building following airstrike on the northwestern city of Idlib. (AFP)

11 Civilians Killed, 27 Injured in Syria's Idlib Explosion

At least 11 civilians were killed and 27 others injured in an explosion on Wednesday in the district of Jisr al-Shughour in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, according to local sources. The explosion, which occurred in

African leaders at a summit in Cairo on April 23, 2019. (AFP / File)

Sudan Military Have 3 Months for Power Transfer

African Union leaders meeting in Cairo on Tuesday gave Sudan’s transitional military council three months to hand over power to civilians. The summit, which was chaired by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, saw the attendance

Ilhan Omar, left, and Rashida Tlaib. (AFP/ File Photo)

Congresswomen Denounce Saudi Arabia for Taking The Lives of 37 People

Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have been quick to speak out in anger against the executions of 37 Saudi citizens on Tuesday, some of whom were beheaded or crucified, on dubious charges of 'terrorism'.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/ File Photo)

It's The Deal of The Century. But When? After Ramadan

The long-awaited Mideast peace plan, hailed as a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict by U.S. President Donald Trump, will be revealed after the Islamic holy month of Ramadan,

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (C) is greeted upon his arrival at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, on April 21, 2019. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)

Arab League Promises $100M Monthly to The Palestinian Authority

Members of the Arab League hold a meeting at the grouping's headquarters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to discuss the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, on April 21, 2019. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)

Arab Foreign Ministers Reject US 'Deal of the Century'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo yesterday for an official visit to meet with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (Twitter)

Arab League Will Deal With The 'Deal of the Century'

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (Twitter)

Deal of The Century to be Unveiled After Ramadan

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Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Chief of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Lashin Ibrahim (C) speaks during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Members of the National Elections Commission (NEC) pose for a picture during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

Festival goer attends 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival atmosphere at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Ayano Omoto, Ayaka Nishiwaki, and Yuka Kashino of Perfume perform at Gobi Tent during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Khalid performs on the Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Zedd performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Pusha T performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festivalgoers are seen during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Tame Impala performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing at least 290 people, including 35 foreigners. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing at least 156 people, including 35 foreigners. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

Security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

At least 290 are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Shoes of victims are kept as evidence as security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Broken statues are pictured next to shrapnel marks at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

People pray outside the St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the building was hit as part of a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Mohd RASFAN / AFP

Sri Lanka soldiers and religious members of the parish look on inside the St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo on April 21, 2019, following a bomb blast during the Easter service that killed tens of people. STR / AFP

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. STR / AFP

A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing nearly 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP

A security personnel inspects the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

A guide wearing a space suit stands at an entrance at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows crops at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A man visits "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows an interior view at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A woman "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows food on a shelf at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A guide wearing a spacesuit puts on a helmet at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2019 shows "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 km from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

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Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

Festival goer attends 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival atmosphere at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festival goers attend the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Ayano Omoto, Ayaka Nishiwaki, and Yuka Kashino of Perfume perform at Gobi Tent during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Khalid performs on the Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Zedd performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Pusha T performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Festivalgoers are seen during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

Tame Impala performs at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2019 in Indio, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella/AFP

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing at least 156 people, including 35 foreigners. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

Security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

At least 290 are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Shoes of victims are kept as evidence as security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Broken statues are pictured next to shrapnel marks at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

People pray outside the St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the building was hit as part of a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. Mohd RASFAN / AFP

Sri Lanka soldiers and religious members of the parish look on inside the St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo on April 21, 2019, following a bomb blast during the Easter service that killed tens of people. STR / AFP

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. STR / AFP

A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing nearly 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP

A security personnel inspects the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

A guide wearing a space suit stands at an entrance at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows crops at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Surrounded by barren hills in northwest Gansu province, "Mars Base 1" opened to the public on April 17 with the aim of exposing teens -- and soon tourists -- to what life could be like on the planet. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A man visits "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows an interior view at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A woman "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This picture shows food on a shelf at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

A guide wearing a spacesuit puts on a helmet at "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometres from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

This aerial photo taken on April 17, 2019 shows "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 km from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. WANG ZHAO / AFP

Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)

Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)

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Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood (Shutterstock)

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