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In pictures: Emergency's new building at Anabah's Maternity Centre
On Thursday December 8, the NGO Emergency inaugurated the new building at the Maternity Ce...
Deadly magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Aceh in Indonesia
An undersea earthquake off Indonesia's northern Aceh province has killed at least 52 people. The ma...
Aleppo battle: UN alarm as 16,000 civilians flee government advance
Up to 16,000 civilians have been displaced by the Syrian government's advance into besieged rebel-he...
Brazil Chapecoense football team in Colombia plane crash
A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to ...
Advice for helicopter support in emergencies
The Mission Request Vade Mecum has been developed to help emergency frontline personnel to safely de...
ICRC launches video on the human cost of ignoring the Geneva Conventions
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched an ad-style video that illustrates ...
UK: Research shows safety is an afterthought on Guy Fawkes Night
On frontline services’ biggest night of the year in the UK, new research finds that less than ...
Mosquito army released in Zika fight in Brazil & Colombia
Scientists are planning to release an army of millions of modified mosquitoes in areas of Brazil and...
Deadly Colombia landslide engulfs highway near Medellin
A landslide on a major highway in Colombia has killed at least six people, officials said. On Wedne...
Italy earthquakes: Bad weather hampers rescue efforts
Bad weather has been hampering rescue efforts in central Italy after two strong earthquakes damaged ...
China Yulin: Deadly explosion shatters buildings
The death toll from a powerful explosion that destroyed buildings in the Chinese city of Yulin has r...
Quetta attack: Militants kill dozens at Balochistan Police College
At least 59 cadets and guards have been killed in an attack by militants on a police college in the ...
Death toll in Cameroon train crash rises to 70
The number of people killed in a train crash in Cameroon on Friday has risen to 70, with another 600...
Financing resilient cities of the future
Natural disasters – such as Hurricane Matthew – and climate change are having devastatin...
ICRC e-briefing on humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
The ICRC has released an e-briefing that shows the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nu...
Hungary concludes investigation into the death of 71 migrants discovered in lorry
The Hungarian authorities, closely supported by Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre, h...
Land Rover and Red Cross partnership announces new project to tackle natural disasters in Mexico
The Red Cross is announcing a new project supported by Land Rover – the 18th in the company's ...
Mass migrant departures lead to more than 10,000 people rescued in 48 hours; 28 bodies recovered
In a chaotic night of operations that continued well into the early hours of the morning, the Phoeni...