Red Cross

Red Cross chief Jagan Chapagain warns of dangerous health crisis in quake-hit Syria

The deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria over a week ago shattered parts of the war-torn country, both in the northwestern rebel-held enclave and nearby government-held areas. An estimated 3,688 people died on both sides of the frontline in Syria

Red Cross conducts rare visits to 3,400 Yemen war prisoners

Yemen’s conflict began in 2014 after Houthi rebels came down from the mountains and took control of the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north, forcing Yemen’s government into exile. The Saudi-led coalition then entered the war in March 2015, backed by the US and the United Arab Emirates

Red Cross: Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter

The religious group's seizure of power in August 2021 sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed Afghanistan, driving millions into poverty and hunger as foreign aid stopped almost overnight

UN, Red Cross want access to see prison where dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war died

Satellite photos taken before and after the attack show that a small, squarish building in the middle of the Olenivka prison complex was demolished, its roof in splinters

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Mariupol

The International Committee of the Red Cross said that the registrations of Ukrainian prisoners of war began on 17 May under an agreement between Russia and Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Missionaries of Charity working among war victims in Kyiv, says Sister Joseph

Missionaries of Charity has a history of serving in Ukraine. Mother Teresa, the founder of MoC, had in 1987 managed to cross the into the then Soviet Union to reach out and help victims of the nuclear accident in Chernobyl, now in Ukraine.

Tens of thousands flee homes as Super Typhoon Rai slams into Philippines

Rai was packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres an hour as it made landfall on the southern island of Siargao

World First Aid Day 2021: Theme this year is ‘First Aid and Road Safety’

The special day is marked to encourage people in first aid training, which helps in preventing injuries and saving lives in critical situations

How the idea of wearing a mask has gone through phases of acceptance and resistance since the Spanish Flu

The World Health Organisation in no uncertain terms makes it clear that masks should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives.

Climate change will pose greater threat to human lives than COVID-19: Red Cross

The World Disaster Report rated climate change as the greatest global challenge, finding disasters triggered by climate-related events had risen 35% since 1990s