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 ...

GENEVA, October 22 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) signed an agreement Monday that will give UNHCR staff working in ...

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.

IT has become increasingly common to see the Red Cross emblem being used in Pakistan in place of the Red Crescent. Pharmacies, clinics and even medical packaging often carry the Cross sign, ignoring ...

Videos from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society showed people recovering bodies and rushing to a hospital in Gaza City after Israel resumed its strikes. Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ...

Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders will strongly press governments to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, and to translate the ambitions of the agreement into tangible ...

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 ...