Most of Gaza's two million inhabitants sought shelter here for a period. Now Rafah is a dusty ghost town, testify a limited group of journalists who the Israeli military has invited for a tour of the border town.
WorldTurkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan can imagine inviting Syria's dictator Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any time", he announces.
WorldThe situation in Myanmar's Rakhine resembles more and more the period that preceded the comprehensive violence campaign against the Rohingyas in 2016-2017, warns a UN expert. Three years after the coup, the junta is significantly weakened - and the Rohingyas increasingly vulnerable.
WorldRepresentatives of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have met with American envoys at a UN-led meeting on Afghanistan in Qatar.
WorldIsrael orders 250,000 Palestinians to leave southern Gaza. At the same time, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Gaza reports that 1.9 million people are now fleeing in the territory.
ConflictsDaria Zymenko was taken to an abandoned house and raped by intoxicated Russian soldiers. Hundreds - possibly thousands - of women are believed to have been subjected to sexual violence during the war in Ukraine. Many suppress their traumas. Others speak out in the hope of breaking the stigma.
WorldExplosions, air raids, and gunfire are ongoing in northern Gaza on Saturday – a third day of an Israeli military operation that has led to tens of thousands of people needing to flee and worsened what the UN calls "unlivable" living conditions in the area.
ConflictsIn the iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul, the UN has found five bombs hidden in a wall. The bombs are believed to have been hidden by the terrorist network IS several years ago.
WorldThere are increasingly more synthetic opioids in circulation, warns the UN. The increase is believed to lead to more fatal overdoses. The development is attributed partly to the Taliban's tough crackdown on Afghan opium farmers. An extremely potent synthetic variant has already been seized several times in Sweden.
WorldSeveral children a day lose their legs in Gaza's war, according to the UN's Palestine agency Unrwa. We have in principle every day ten children who lose a leg, or two legs – on average, says Unrwa chief Philippe Lazzarini.
WorldThe military pauses that Israel has declared in Gaza to facilitate the influx of aid have not had the desired effect so far, according to the World Health Organisation, WHO.
ConflictsThe ongoing war in Sudan has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world in decades, according to the organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Warnings are also coming from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, which states that the risk of famine has risen in the country.
WorldThat the DCA agreement gives the USA the opportunity to place nuclear weapons on Swedish soil is a historic turnaround, according to several critics. This creates a direct threat to all Swedes, says diplomat Rolf Ekéus.
SwedenIsrael's military announces a daily "tactical pause" along a road in the ongoing offensive in southern Gaza to allow in more humanitarian aid. Prime Minister Netanyahu and the far-right parties in the government express sharp criticism of the measure – and it is unclear whether it will be implemented.
ConflictsIt is essential to have continued top-level meetings and conferences on Ukraine's reconstruction and a path forward towards peace. This is according to the head of the UN's development agency UNDP, Achim Steiner, during a visit to Sweden. They make an enormous difference, he says to TT during a visit to Sweden.
ConflictsThe floating pier in Gaza, built by the USA to bring in aid, risks being damaged again by high waves. But the project faces greater challenges than that: the UN has paused deliveries via the pier due to ethical uncertainties.
ConflictsUSA's Foreign Department has blacklisted the Nazi organisation Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR). Three high-ranking individuals in the organisation are also classified as "global terrorists".
SwedenMore and more investigations come to the same conclusion: Israel's warfare in Gaza is all too brutal. Israel is becoming increasingly isolated, notes international law expert Jan Hallenberg. Even for allied USA, the UN's latest report means the pressure is increasing.
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