Russ Cook crossed 16 countries over the equivalent of 385 marathons – more than 16,300 kilometres – surviving machete-wielding villagers,desert sandstorms and crippling bouts of food poisoning.
“We will decide who comes to the European Union,and under what circumstances,” the European Commission’s president has declared.
Experts are not aware of judges in any other country having ever participated in such a hunger strike.
“There are people who hurt Tunisia. I ask myself how they could make 1500 youths leave,” President Kais Saied was heard saying in a video released by his office.
Saied called on Tunisians to remain calm and not to respond to any provocations. He also urged people not to take to the streets.
The country has struggled to revive its collapsed economy since a 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring.
A cargo flight containing more than 6 million medical items arrived on Sunday in Ethiopia's capital.
A boat carrying 86 migrants from Libya sank in the Mediterranean Sea and only three passengers are known to have survived.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks,the militant group's Amaq propaganda outlet said on Thursday evening.
Ancient treasures pillaged from conflict areas are being offered for sale online,including items possibly stolen by Islamic State.
In the first four months of this year,one migrant has died for every three who reached European shores.