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Red Cross cuts 2024 budget as donations fall
The International Committee of the Red Cross will cut its budget next year by about 13%, its director-general said on Monday, as major donors including the United States have reduced…
Red Cross heads again for Mariupol as Russia shifts Ukraine focus
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, April 2 (Reuters) - A Red Cross convoy travelling to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol will try again to evacuate…
Red Cross teams head to Mariupol, but without aid
GENEVA, April 1 (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is sending staff to the besieged Ukrainian port city…
Ukraine asks Red Cross not to open office in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don
March 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross not to open a planned office in Russia's…
Southeast Asia needs vaccine access to curb record deaths -Red Cross
Southeast Asian countries need more help securing COVID-19 vaccines, as the region struggles to contain record infections and deaths driven by the…
Death toll from attack in western Ethiopia reaches 222, Red Cross says
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people,…
More than 600 acts of violence committed in connection to COVID-19
More than 600 cases of violence, harassment or stigmatization in relation to cases of COVID-19 have been recorded by the International Committee…
Red Cross sends thousands of volunteers to help North Korea cope with coronavirus, floods
The Red Cross has sent more than 43,000 volunteers to North Korea, including to the locked-down city of Kaesong, to help fight…
Red Cross: Climate change and conflict are a cruel combo that stalk the world’s most vulnerable
Countries affected by conflict are also disproportionately impacted by climate change, a double threat that pushes people out of their homes, disrupts…
Photo Story: Celebrating the founder of the Red Cross on his birthday in Genoa
A general view shows the eighteen pillars of the new Genoa bridge illuminated with the red colours of international Red Cross, for…