The Red Cross on Thursday called on US authorities and those leading the demonstrations raging across the country to help ensure protesters can gather without fear of sparking fresh coronavirus outbreaks.

'Boost virus safety', says Red Cross to authorities and protest leaders in US

While the Red Cross is considered as a humanitarian agency for the rest of the world, for China it is a tool in its kitty. China's Red Cross has has been built, funded and directed by the Communist Party of China.

Red Cross: From humanitarian agency to a tool in China's kitty

17 February in history: Foundation of Red Cross, first winter ascent of Mount Everest and more

The Taliban has released ten captured Afghan soldiers, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday. The ICRC said that ten Afghan soldiers were handed over to Red Cross by Taliban in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand, who transferred them to the Afghan authorities in Lashkar Gah on Thursday, Tolo News reported.

Ten Afghan soldiers released by Taliban: Red Cross

The Taliban on Sunday revoked their ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan and gave a guarantee of security for its staff doing humanitarian work in areas under their control.

Taliban revoke the ban on Red Cross, provide security guarantees

The Taliban gave "permission" Friday for a Swedish aid group to reopen its clinics west of Kabul after the insurgents ordered the facilities' closure over a controversial Afghan army raid.

Swedish charity can re-open Afghan clinics: Taliban

Three people were gored and a further two people suffered head trauma during the first day of Spain's best-known bull-running festival in the northern town of Pamplona on Sunday, the Red Cross said.

Three gored; 2 suffer head trauma on first day of Spanish bull-running festival

New Zealand revealed Monday that it had dispatched a special forces unit to Syria to search for nurse Louisa Akavi who was abducted by the Islamic State group more than five years ago.

Special forces in search for New Zealand nurse held hostage by Islamic State

A New Zealand nurse believed abducted with two drivers by Islamic State militants in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts.

Nurse kidnapped by Islamic State five years ago may be alive: Red Cross

The Afghan Taliban have banned the World Health Organization and the Red Cross from operating in areas under their control until further notice, a spokesman said on Thursday, citing unspecified "suspicious" actions during vaccination campaigns.

Afghan Taliban bans WHO and Red Cross work amid vaccination drive

Disaster response turns to VR for grim training

The death toll in Mozambique after a cyclone tore through southern Africa and triggered devastating floods has jumped to 417, Land and Environment Minister Celso Correia said on Saturday, adding that the situation remained critical.

Mozambique cyclone death toll jumps to more than 400

Cyclone Idai killed at least 157 people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique as it tore across Southern Africa, officials and state media said on Monday, and vast areas of land have been flooded, roads destroyed and communications disrupted.

Cyclone Idai: At least 157 killed in Zimbabwe, Mozambique

A majority of Rohingyas in the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar area in southeast Bangladesh are at risk during the cyclone season owing to the deteriorating conditions of their makeshift homes, the International Federation of Red Cross warned Monday.

Rohingya refugees at risk as cyclone season nears: Red Cross

The security forces in Myanmar have bombed villages and are blocking civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance amid a crackdown targeting rebels in the troubled Rakhine State, the Amnesty International said on Monday.

Amnesty says Myanmar army shelling villages, blocking aid in Rakhine

The Red Cross called Friday for a total ban on nuclear weapons, warning of the growing risk that such arms could again be used with devastating effect. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched a global campaign to raise awareness about the rising nuclear threat facing the world.

Red Cross warns of 'growing' risk of nuclear weapons, urges ban

Nineteen people remain unaccounted for two days after Somali militants attacked a hotel complex in Nairobi and killed at least 21 people, the Red Cross said on Thursday, raising the possibility of a considerably higher death toll.

Kenya hotel attack: 19 people still missing, says Red Cross

The Taliban have reinstated a security guarantee in Afghanistan for the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC), two months after withdrawing safe passage for the neutral humanitarian agency, the militant group and an ICRC official said on Friday.

Taliban restore Red Cross security guarantee in Afghanistan

The death toll from Fuego's most violent eruption in four decades has been gradually rising and now stands at 109

Guatemala warns of falling ash as volcanic activity picks up

Forty-eight people died in northern Uganda when a bus hit a tractor driving with no lights at night and then a truck, the Red Cross said

Up to 48 killed as Uganda bus rams into tractor and truck

The two regional trains collided near the station in Kritzendorf

Several injured as trains collide near Vienna

Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar's Rakhine state and other communities in the violence-racked region are so terrified of each other that life has basically ground to a halt, the Red Cross says

Life has 'stopped in tracks' in Myanmar's Rakhine state: Red Cross

Photos showed a huge tower of orange flame visible for miles around roaring out of the Baumgarten facility some 50 kilometres east of Vienna near the Slovak border

Explosion at major Austrian gas hub, one dead, 18 injured

11 million people in India have been affected by floods

16 million people in South Asia affected by floods: Red Cross

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