Red Cross

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has released a report insisting climate change is a bigger danger to humanity than the current Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. IFRC Secretary-General Jagan Chapagain held a press conference this week

The Trump administration redirected funds from the W.H.O. to groups such as Samaritan’s Purse and the Red Cross, the New York Post reported.

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “worsening” and has already killed more than 1,000 people, fueling a disconcerting number of cases in recent days, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) revealed over the weekend, echoing other global health groups.

Venezuelans protested at the Red Cross headquarters in Caracas on Monday accusing the government of selling some of the organization’s recently arrived humanitarian aid.

First lady Melania Trump and second lady Karen Pence joined military spouses and wives of Cabinet secretaries Tuesday to pack care kits for America’s military men and women serving abroad during the Christmas season.

First Lady Melania Trump shined bright as she assembled care packages with the Red Cross for American troops and service members stationed overseas.

A North Carolina Chick-fil-A location broke company tradition and opened its doors on Sunday to help feed people after Hurricane Florence pummeled the Carolinas.

Homeowners in Ireland have been asked to pledge spare rooms or vacant properties to house migrants for periods of up to a year as part of the government’s Irish Refugee Protection Programme.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka announced Friday it would establish new police posts and step up patrols at popular resorts after a spate of sexual attacks and violence targeting foreign tourists.

Volunteers have criticised the Red Cross charity after receiving a communication telling them to remove crucifixes from the walls of their branches as the organisation looks to become more secular.

We are a society that values and cherishes stuff. Things. Memories. Ask any household in America and I bet they would say they wish they could get rid of some, but the memories they have stored away are so much more important than more space. You don’t really realize how important these things are to you until they are taken from you, sometimes unexpectedly and harshly.

TEL AVIV – The Iranian regime cares more about hating Israel then taking care of its own people which is why the Jewish state offered assistance in the wake of the earthquake, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday offered humanitarian aid to Iran and Iraq following a deadly earthquake, saying he had no issue with the victims, but his offer was promptly rejected.

The Kiewit Corporation contractor poured the final smooth layer of cement on the Oroville Dam spillway chute Wednesday and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is set to certify that the massive repair job was completed by the November 1 deadline.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Escuelas vacías y temor en las calles fue lo que encontraron representantes de internacionales de la Cruz Roja durante su visita a esta ciudad fronteriza la cual lleva meses siendo azotada por una guerra entre carteles donde el uso de lanzagranadas, metralletas y vehículos blindados es algo de todos los días.

REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — During a visit to this border city, members of the International Red Cross found empty schools and fear in the streets after months of regular, large-scale gun battles by cartel members featuring grenade launchers, machine guns, and armored vehicles.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the Red Cross to assist in retrieving Israeli civilians and bodies of fallen soldiers held in Gaza by the Islamic militant group Hamas.

First Lady Melania Trump addressed Americans suffering the effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, thanking the volunteers who helped rescue victims of the storm.

The Detwiler fire near Yosemite National Park has destroyed about 60 homes and caused the evacuation of the historic gold mining towns of Mariposa and Coulterville.

A Red Cross therapist who helped treat asylum seekers was stabbed to death by a 27-year-old Syrian after the pair got into a heated argument.

The UN said Tuesday it had suspended all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after a deadly air raid hit trucks delivering aid near Aleppo, killing a Red Crescent staff member and civilians.

A UN humanitarian aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo was hit by air strikes on Monday in what UN officials say could amount to a war crime.

Despite historic flooding across the southeast region of Louisiana, relief volunteers and organizations still say that donations have not matched the needs of those affected.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – The State of Louisiana is not even two weeks out of a flooding crisis that killed 13 people and destroyed 60,000 homes and officials are already eyeing a potential tropical storm that could double the damage done.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – After GOP nominee Donald Trump was the only high-profile figure to visit Louisiana flood victims immediately following unprecedented flooding, the American Red Cross is admitting that getting donations has been tougher than usual.

Actress Kirstie Alley lambasted President Obama on Friday for golfing during his annual vacation in Martha’s Vineyard this week while thousands of displaced Louisiana residents continued to languish from the devastation wrought by deadly flooding that has rocked the state.

A Red Cross employee has claimed that women in an asylum home run by the charity have been sexually abused and that management covered it up.

A Red Cross Hospital pool’s safety rules signboard was chided as being “super racist,” prompting the hospital to issue an apology and a promise to replace the controversial poster.

Lebanon’s central bank has pushed its commercial banks to heed the U.S. act, and Blom Bank is one of those that has closed accounts belonging to people suspected of links to Hezbollah. The group had no immediate comment on the blast.

Left wing and Green activists have called for the chairman of the Düsseldorf Red Cross to resign his post after he said the migrant men who torched a Red Cross facility to the ground should be deported. A kilometre-high column

Migrant aid groups in Austria are facing insolvency as the government withdraws their funding. A government scheme, begun last October, to fund charities and non governmental organisations (NGOs) to ease the burden of the migrant crisis will be over at the

Brazilian officials have reported two cases of Zika infections through blood transfusions in Campinas, 62 miles northwest of São Paulo.

TEL AVIV – The head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church declared that Christians love Muslims and no one defends Islam more than Arab Christians, MEMRI reported.  In an interview earlier this month with the official Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, Gregory

Former United States Congressman Tom Tancredo joined Stephen K. Bannon on a recent Sirius XM Breitbart News Saturday Radio program, warning of the dangers amidst the “like somebody rang a bell” European migrant crisis. The phenomenon is bringing predominantly young men, “colonists essentially,” from the Middle East to countries with substantial social welfare programs.

Red Cross workers are misappropriating donations to buy cigarettes for migrants in an Austrian town, a witness has claimed. The man, who claims to have seen a person in Red Cross uniform making the purchase, posted a photo of the receipt to Facebook,

Armed forces in Norway have prepared transportation, barracks and sleeping arrangements for 3,000 migrants in preparation for a “mass arrival”. The country is said to be braced to receive a large number of migrants as the number of people leaving Syria