International Committee Of The Red Cross

Mt Everest tragedy: As 11 climbers die in six days, problem of mortal remains on mountain looms

Extracting dead bodies from the Everest mountain ranges is dangerous and expensive. The main point of focus is working together to minimise such deaths and have proper protocol to look after the mountain and climbers.

Saudi Arabia carries out air strike on bus in Yemen; 40 children among 51 killed, says Red Cross in new toll

The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 as Huthi rebel fighters closed in on the last bastion of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government.

India can play big role in curbing use of autonomous weapons, says Red Cross official

Red Cross official said India can play a big role in diplomacy to maintain human control over the use of autonomous weapons

Saudi-led coalition air raids on Yemen's Huthi rebel training camp kill 26 fighters, say security sources

Saudi-led coalition air trikes on a Yemen rebel training camp northwest of the capital on Sunday killed at least 26 Huthi fighters

Yemen cholera crisis: WHO urges country to accept vaccines to contain epidemic which has claimed 2,000 lives

Yemen, where a multinational conflict has caused a humanitarian crisis, had asked the UN health agency earlier this year for doses of the vaccine and later changed its mind

Yemen cholera outbreak: 1,600 people dead as suspected cases surpass 300,000, says Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross said the cholera epidemic in Yemen "continues to spiral out of control" since it erupted in April.

Pakistan Army mutilates bodies of soldiers: Islamabad has lost control of its armed forces

It is just not done. Perhaps terrorists have no such compunctions and get their jollies by mutilating bodies but professional soldiers always show the enemy respect. A professional soldier finds nothing admirable about such heinous acts.

Nigerian air force kills 52 in strike on refugee camp

Nigeria's air force killed at least 52 people and injured 120 in an air strike on a refugee camp in the country's northeast on Tuesday, a spokesman from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said after the military earlier disclosed the strike was meant to target Boko Haram militants

Google and Facebook join Red Cross to find thousands missing after Nepal earthquake

German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the earthquake struck and initially panicked about how to let their families know they were safe.