NASA Worldview image of the sandstorm in the Middle East The sandstorm sweeping the Middle East is so large it can be seen from space. You can see above an image shared by NASA. We usually get sandstorms during the summer in Lebanon but this one is by far the most intense one we had in years. Source: HuffPost Source: HuffPost

via BBC Unlike Germany and Sweden, Denmark does not want to be part of a common European asylum policy and has made its intentions clear by placing ads in different Lebanese newspapers "announcing tighter regulations and cuts in provisions for asylum seekers." The ads state that: - Social assistance for newly arrived refugees will be reduced by 50 percent. - New refugees will have to be able to speak and understand Danish in order to…