HE the Prime Minister meets ICRC President

[JURIST] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) [official website] said Monday that aid in Syria is being hampered by a disregard for the rules of war [press release]. Head of operations for the Near and Middle East Robert Mardini said ...

Yemenis walk past destroyed buildings in Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province in southern Yemen on December 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO/SAMI AL-ANSI SANAA: Three Red Cross workers and two Egyptian technicians who were abducted by armed men in Yemen's southern ...

(Adds ICRC comment, background) ADEN, Yemen, May 16 (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen released three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency and a Yemeni security source said on Thursday. The men - a ...

GENEVA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been held since the beginning of the week by armed individuals in Abyan governorate of Yemen, were safely back to Aden, the ICRC said in a ...

A top International Red Cross official said transparency and accountability are a must for Red Cross's endurance. "It goes without saying. It is very important that we focus more on transparency and accountability today when people have a broader ...

Yemeni tribesmen released five hostages, including three staffers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and two Egyptians, after a mediation late Wednesday, an ICRC spokeswoman told Xinhua on Thursday. A Swiss doctor along with a ...

Marianne Gasser, who left Syria 10 days ago after completing a term as head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team there, said there had been signs of "more assertiveness" by the government around Damascus since April. Attempts ...

Geneva/Tehran/Baghdad, May 7, IRNA -- The International Committee of the Red Cross sponsored high-level meeting of representatives of Iran and Iraq in Geneva from 6 to 8 May to clarify fate of those Missing in Action in the course of Iraqi-imposed ...

Beijing (ICRC) The Red Cross Society of China has launched a major operation to rescue and assist people affected by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Sichuan province on 20 April. The ICRC has created a special page on its Family Links website ...