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 pamphlets are specifically provided by the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), not the U.S.-based American Red Cross. A spokesperson for the ICRC told Snopes by email that the ...

GENEVA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A lack of political leadership in brokering peace deals is prolonging conflicts and stretching aid groups tasked with addressing their worst impacts, a senior official of ...

On World Humanitarian Day, we rightly celebrate the courage of humanitarian workers and volunteers. But honouring their bravery and commitment while aid workers are being killed in record numbers is ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday it had concluded the release of 17 hostages held in Gaza. "Our teams have transported these 17 people from within Gaza to the Rafah ...

The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his announcement that the organization is involved in the relocation of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas to ...

By Michael Pepsin AvorgahAgavedzi (V/R), Oct. 1, GNA – The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has launched its Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) relief operation, to support 350 vulnerable ...

The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on this day in history, May 21, 1881. Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the ...

Ms. Forbes is the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In February I met a man. Three hours later, he was dead. Mohammed Al-Omari was a paramedic with the ...