ROCHESTER, Minn. - Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, bringing historic wind gusts to the region. The storm has ...

In 1863, Swiss businessman Henri Dunant helped found a humanitarian relief organization in Geneva after he saw thousands of wounded soldiers suffering without care during a battle in Solferino (in ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian network, helping people in around 150 countries. Founded in 1919, the Geneva-based ...

The 1986 foundational statutes of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement proclaim that: “International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of ...

GENEVA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies elected a U.S. candidate on Monday as its new president after an acrimonious meeting that nearly saw the ...

The Canadian Red Cross has launched the Hurricane Melissa Appeal to help those impacted by the hurricane in the Caribbean.

New York (Reuters) - The American Red Cross risks damaging the reputation of the global Red Cross brand because of its refusal to stop accepting donations from tobacco companies, a top official with ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a global appeal to support an estimated 2.1 million Kenyans facing a worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla donate to fund helping people hit by Hurricane Melissa - Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes in history, created devastation ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C. By Euan Ward The Pentagon said there were no ...