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Fifteen African migrants died of hunger, thirst or exposure as they drifted on a small, overcrowded boat bound for Spain, most of them small children, the government and the Red Cross said Thursday.The deaths were the second tragedy this week in the saga...
The international Red Cross is seeking to establish a humanitarian corridor in Georgia’s breakway republic of South Ossetia to bring in ambulances and evacuate wounded civilians.
The International Red Cross said Wednesday that Colombia broke the Geneva Conventions by deliberately using its humanitarian emblem during the covert military mission that freed Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages.
A suspected cholera outbreak in a remote southern Philippine township has killed 21 people and sickened at least 50 others, the mayor and the Red Cross said Wednesday.
Colombia’s president says a Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military rescue mission that freed 15 hostages from leftist rebels.President Alvaro Uribe says his government has apologized to the International Red Cross for the incident, which...
Hezbollah has handed over to the Red Cross two coffins believed to contain the remains of Israeli soldiers whose capture by guerrillas two years ago led to a monthlong war.Hezbollah TV showed the coffins being loaded into Red Cross vehicles on the...
Heavy summer rain could hinder the delivery of aid to victims of last month’s devastating earthquake centered in China’s southwest, a Red Cross official warned Wednesday.Summer is China’s peak rainy season and severe floods in the country’s southeast...
The American Red Cross said on Monday that its Disaster Relief Fund is wiped out and it’s being forced to borrow money to help flood victims throughout the Midwest.Jeff Towers, the organization’s chief development officer, said the balance for domestic...
Evacuees from a wind-whipped blaze spent the night at a Red Cross shelter, not knowing if theirs was among the 10 homes torched by the blaze.More than 1,500 Bonny Doon residents have been told to evacuate their homes in the heavily forested hills about...
The Red Cross warned Tuesday of a possible surge in “food-related violence” because of soaring prices that are increasing hunger around the world.Most of the debate surrounding the global food crisis has focused on boosting aid to poorer countries, but...
This tattoo is perhaps basically for the people with a certain religious bent of mind. With the global tattoo craze still on, I have come across numerous weird, eccentric tattoos (can you imagine, even a crooked Santa Claus!) sported by equally...
The pictures may misguide you, as these look very similar to the one’s your kids play. Tiny, colorful, cute, and attractive, ha ha ha...but even though these look almost same as the other cubes they are very special. Want to know why?
Then have a...
Akinculture has pointed out a unique similarity among the religious signs of different religions. It writes that the Christian cross, Islamic Crescent and star, Hindu Swastika and the Ying-Yang, all are made of two elements.
The long vertical and the...
The United Nations and the global Red Cross/Red Crescent said on Monday that urgent cash support from the outside world was vital to save thousands of lives as winter moves in on homeless survivors of the Pakistan earthquake.
In New York, Jan Egeland,...
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Prince Albert II of Monaco’s friend Charlene Wittstock arrives at the “Red Cross Gala”, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, in Monaco.
