UNITED NATIONS -- The UN-supported third phase of the polio vaccine campaign concluded in the besieged northern Gaza Strip on Monday, with 94,000 children vaccinated, but thousands still remain out of reach, according to UN agencies.

Nearly 79 percent of children in northern Gaza have been vaccinated against polio, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media early Monday. (UN-Gaza-Polio Campaign)

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DAR ES SALAAM -- At least five people were killed by cholera, and 500 others contracted the disease in the Ikungi district of the Singida region, central Tanzania, between July and October, an official said Monday.

Emmanuel Kikoti, the acting medical officer of the Ikungi district, mentioned the most impacted villages, including Kaugeri, Mduguyu, and Ufana. (Tanzania-Cholera-Death)

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TRIPOLI -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 285 migrants were intercepted and returned off the coast of Libya over the past week.

The migrants returned include at least three children, the IOM said in a statement on the social media platform X, adding that three bodies of migrants were recovered while 12 others remain missing. (Libya-Migrants-Interception)

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DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM -- Israeli airstrikes targeted areas near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday evening.

"The Israeli enemy launched an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting several civilian sites south of Damascus," resulting in material damage, the Syrian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. (Syria-Israel-Attacks) Enditem

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