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Tripoli (ICRC) – The ICRC condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of its staff member Michael Greub. The 42-year-old Swiss national, head of the organization's Misrata sub-delegation, was killed by armed men around midday today…

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) began humanitarian aid missions into the war-torn country of Burma in 1997. The squad risks their lives taking in food, medical supplies, and educational supplies to more than one million internally displaced…

The Weil Mini Chest Compressor is a pneumatically driven piston device that provides the optimal 100 chest compressions per minute with 2 inches in depth. Once securely in place, the Weil Mini provides consistent rhythm resulting in…

The Ukrainian Red Cross Society, the Russian Red Cross Society, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are extremely concerned about the humanitarian…

The European Commission said on Tuesday that 19 EU states had now offered assistance, with close to 400 relief workers from member countries on the ground. Kristalina Georgieva, EU commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis response, met…

Red Cross teams working in close cooperation with the emergency management sector and local emergency headquarters have been helping evacuate the population affected by severe floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The region has…

Geneva (ICRC) – The devastating effects of acute crises that emerged at the end of 2013 in South Sudan and the Central African Republic are still being felt. The conflict in Syria has assumed the proportions of a catastrophe, with…

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Geneva/Kiev (ICRC) – In Donetsk last night, an ICRC staff member and eight volunteers from the Ukrainian Red Cross Society were taken away by a group of armed men and interrogated. All of them were released after a few hours. One…

8 May is Red Cross Red Crescent Day. Tadateru Konoé, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, talk about the common…