Millions face severe levels of hunger as a result of a power struggle that broke out in Sudan one year ago. French President Emmanuel Macron says the amount gathered will help meet the population's most urgent needs.
The Umbrian municipality of Polino with just 200 residents welcomed a Palestinian family of 10, who had fled Gaza just days before. However, they miss their home already - before even unpacking.
Germany has agreed to accept 147 people from war-torn Gaza, citing urgent humanitarian reasons. Most of those to be brought to Germany are reportedly local employees of German institutions, and will be provided with temporary residential permits and transferred via Egypt after further checks.
The UN Security Council will meet next week over the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling for Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, the council's presidency announced on Friday.
The aid agency has warned that ever more children will pay with their lives and futures for the failure of those involved in politics unless a ceasefire is achieved in Gaza.
The state of Saxony-Anhalt has said people who do not recognize Israel's right to exist cannot become naturalized citizens. The eastern state's interior minister said Germany's other 15 states should take similar steps.
Following recents events across Israel, UN agencies have said that the population in Gaza is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Over 330,000 people have been displaced after Hamas launched violent attacks on Israel on Saturday. European politicians fear that the ongoing violence could result in "further migration pressure on Europe."
The British government has announced a new deal to export its asylum claims procedure to Rwanda, which will host the refugees indefinitely. However, offshoring responsibility towards refugees to the autocratic East African country raises a number of serious legal, economic and ethical questions.
Fleeing the horrors of war, many of Ukraine's Jewish population have fled to Moldova. From there, the refugees are being picked up by Israeli aid organizations to be flown to safety in Tel Aviv.
Olympian Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh defected from her home country because of its treatment of women. With her visa renewed, she is hoping to go to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics under the German flag.
In Israel, an Eritrean man has won a million Shekels in the lottery.
Since a major offensive by the Assad regime in southwestern Syria, thousands more Syrians are attempting to escape the disaster zones – but neighboring Jordan and Israeli-occupied Golan Heights have shut their borders.