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The European Union should urgently work with its partners towards stabilizing the countries of origin and helping transit countries in order to resolve the current migration crisis, Bulgaria said on Wednesday.

A delegation of Arab-Israeli lawmakers arrived in Istanbul Sept. 21 to brief President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on tensions around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a presidential source said.

Ahmad Tibi, leader of the Arab Movement for Change, and four other members of the Israeli Knesset met Erdo?an at the presidential complex in Tarabya.

The Hungarian government has published ads in Lebanese and Jordanian newspapers warning migrants not to enter Hungary illegally, AP reported.

A senior EU official on Sept. 19 spelt out plans to encourage people fleeing war in Syria to stay in bordering countries rather than join the flow of migrants to Europe.
 
In a visit to a migrant reception centre on the Macedonian border, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said the European Union faced several tasks.
 

Photographer Jonathan Diaz uses his artistic skills to bring hope to children suffering from cancer.

He has created a non profit project, “Anything Can Be”, taking fantasy photoshoots of these kids in their dream settings.

See some of these touching photographs as published on Boredpanda.

Braelyn The Super Hero

French President Francois Hollande said on Sept.17 that he will urge a special EU summit next week to help Turkey keep Syrian refugees on its soil until the neighbouring country's war ends.

Every few weeks, a journalist calls me up to talk about the economics of Syrian refugees. They all ask about their burden on Turkey?s budget, and I always refer them to Finance Minister Mehmet ?Nominal? ?im?ek?s remarks from last November that the financial cost of Syrian refugees on Turkey had reached $4.5 billion, including $2.3 billion from the central government.

Turkey is hosting over 250,000 Syrians at refugee camps coordinated by the Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, a senior governmental official has said.

Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a third straight day on Sept. 15, an AFP correspondent reported.

Bulgaria has descended three spots in Fraser Institute's annual Economic Freedom of the World report, ranking 42nd among 157 countries and territories - at par with the Czech Republic, Sweden and Jamaica.

This year's edition of the report is based on 2013 statistics, the most recent year for which data is available. In last year's issue of the report Bulgaria ranked 39th.