U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the U.N. chief’s spokesperson said Sunday. Source: UN chief closes tribunal founded to investigate 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister
The southern city of Rafah saw an influx of 100,000 people seeking shelter in recent days, officials say. Source: Israel-Gaza war: Displaced Gazans ‘living in the open’, UN says
By DPA International The threat of disease is intensifying in temporary shelters in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment are living in cramped conditions, according to the UN emergency relief organization OCHA. Health services in the area have long been overstretched, and fresh waves of displacement ordered by Israeli […]