Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/27/2024 12:09:00 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry pushed for a ceasefire in Gaza and increased international support for the Palestinian people while meeting with his counterparts at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/4/2023 11:00:31 PM
The Red Cross president arrived in war-torn Gaza on Monday, calling for the protection of civilians in the Palestinian territory, where she warned that human suffering was "intolerable".
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/11/2023 8:48:00 PM
On the 36th day of Israel's war on Gaza, the U.N. humanitarian agency describes northern Gaza as hell on earth. Doctors report a catastrophic situation in the largest hospital, al-Shifa, as Israel's airstrikes on the facility escalate. Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians are evacuating southern Gaza as Israel's occupation army pushes deeper into densely populated urban areas. The death toll from Israel's killing has surpassed 11,000.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/10/2023 8:08:24 PM
The Red Cross called Friday for medical facilities and workers in war-ravaged Gaza to be protected, warning the health system there had "reached a point of no return".
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/7/2023 8:46:04 PM
A month after the Israeli war on Gaza erupted, the Red Cross demanded Tuesday an end to the horrific suffering of civilians, and especially children, decrying a "moral failing".
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World
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Region
10/12/2023 12:05:34 PM
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in contact with Hamas and Israel to try to negotiate the release of captives taken into Gaza, the group said Thursday.
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World
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Region
4/17/2023 12:38:09 PM
More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the ICRC said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/15/2023 3:17:00 PM
Egypt has lauded the start of a prisoner swap between the Yemeni government and Houthi militia under the patronage of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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World
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Region
4/14/2023 2:12:42 PM
Hundreds of captives from Yemen's brutal civil war were set to be reunited with friends and family as a major prisoner swap started on Friday, hours after truce talks broke up with an agreement to meet again.
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World
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Region
4/8/2023 4:31:07 PM
The exchange of 887 prisoners in Yemen, originally scheduled from 11 to 13 April, has been postponed for three days, at the request of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said an official from the internationally recognised Yemeni government on Saturday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/18/2023 8:00:49 PM
The new head of the International Committee of the Red Cross will visit Moscow this week, following a visit last month to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, the organisation said Wednesday.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 12:00:36 PM
Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Robert Mardini spoke to Ahram Online about the importance of revising adaptation and mitigation mechanisms to prioritise funding for the most vulnerable and least developed countries.
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World
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Africa
11/15/2022 7:17:02 PM
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said a medical aid convoy had arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region Tuesday, its first since a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels almost two weeks ago.
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World
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Region
5/6/2022 2:20:42 PM
The Red Cross said Friday that a plane carrying Yemeni prisoners held by the Saudi-led coalition has arrived in the southern city of Aden, as a truce between the warring parties enters its second month.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/31/2022 10:10:26 AM
The Ukrainian government is sending 45 buses on Thursday to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol, where the Russian defense ministry has announced a local ceasefire, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/27/2022 7:24:52 PM
The International Committee of the Red Cross has denied accusations that it helped organise or carry out forced evacuations of Ukrainians to Russia.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/6/2022 5:13:55 PM
The civilian safe passage from Ukraine's besieged eastern port city of Mariupol was "halted" on Sunday for a second consecutive day, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/28/2022 8:26:00 PM
Fabrizio Carboni, regional director for the Near and Middle East of the International Committee of the Red Cross, tells Al-Ahram Wekly there can be no end to violence without political will.
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World
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Region
10/6/2021 8:14:10 PM
Iraq and Iran on Wednesday exchanged the remains of 31 soldiers killed in the 1980-1988 war between the two countries which have since become allies, the Red Cross said.
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World
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International
9/5/2021 4:11:18 PM
The ICRC president also stressed that the future of Afghans relies on the continued `investment from the outside world'.
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