More than 28 years after the end of the 1990–1991 Gulf War, families of missing people in both Kuwait and Iraq still do not know the fate and whereabouts of their relatives.
More than 10,000 young Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders and volunteers from 140 countries will gather in northern Italy to celebrate the centenary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The United Nations and partners reached the Syrian city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta on 9 March 2018 to complete the distribution of food aid after intense shelling cut short deliveries to the war-torn enclave earlier in the week.
After multiple attempts in recent weeks to gain humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta, the International Committee of the Red Cross has reached the town of Douma as part of a joint aid convoy with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the United Nations.
Thousands of Yemenis with kidney failure are at risk of dying unless the country's remaining dialysis centres receive more supplies and its medical staff are paid, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said.
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will speak the World Economic Forum in Davos on operational challenges, cyber warfare, innovative finance, and tech partnerships.