In 1863, Swiss businessman Henri Dunant helped found a humanitarian relief organization in Geneva after he saw thousands of wounded soldiers suffering without care during a battle in Solferino (in ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian network, helping people in around 150 countries. Founded in 1919, the Geneva-based ...

The 1986 foundational statutes of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement proclaim that: “International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of ...

On 15–16 September 2025, a Movement Orientation Workshop was held at the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) headquarters for 32 staff from the Medical and Physical Rehabilitation Department.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Killings of local humanitarian workers in conflicts around the world must provoke the same outrage as international aid workers harmed in conflict, the head of the ...

New York (Reuters) - The American Red Cross risks damaging the reputation of the global Red Cross brand because of its refusal to stop accepting donations from tobacco companies, a top official with ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Red Cross received the remains of two more Hamas hostages on Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C. By Euan Ward The Pentagon said there were no ...