Gaza health system has reached 'point of no return': Red CrossThe Red Cross has warned that he health system there had "reached a point of no return". Medical facilities and personnel across Gaza have ...
Gaza still has fuel but it could run out in hours: ICRCThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that the Gaza Strip could run out of fuel in a matter of hours. The blockade...
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Mariupol evacuation Friday not yet certain: Red Cross"We remain hopeful, we are in action moving towards Mariupol... but it's not yet clear that this will happen today," ICRC spokesman Ewan Wa...
Moscow announces Mariupol ceasefire today to evacuate civiliansA humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia, via the Russian-controlled port of Berdiansk, would be opened from 10 am (0700 GMT),...
2,000 Indians evacuated from Ukraine: Harsh Vardhan ShringlaThe foreign secretary said though the border crossings to Hungary and Romania are functioning, the exit point to Poland has been clogged wi...
Yemen's warring parties swap prisoners for second dayA Saudi-led military coalition, which supports the internationally recognised Yemeni government, and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement a...
Geneva Conventions at 71: An in-depth look from the Indian perspectiveIn recent human history the most significant developments in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) happened wh...
'Indian Peace Keeping Force officers motivated, professional'"We have worked with the India's peace keeping forces and have found them motivated, polite and professional. We would like to work in the ...
India's role needed to curb autonomous weapons use: ICRCSlim said the ICRC wanted that nations should focus on three key operating principles for autonomous weapons to ensure minimum human contro...
All about what happened to people in Hiroshima blastThe atomic bomb had a yield of 15 kilotonnes, equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT. Some people were blown away while others were crushed inside c...
All about what happened to the people post Hiroshima atomic blastHiroshima in 1945 killed 140K people; most died instantly, while the rest succumbed to injuries in the weeks afterwards.
- International Committee of the Red Cross seeks more diplomatic support from India
According to ICRC Director General Yves Daccord, India has shown lot of commitment on Afghanistan and it just needs to maintain that.
- India should play active role in world forum: Yves Daccord
India is bigger in business, has strong presence in Africa and West Asia - from Syria to Afghanistan to Iran to East Africa, he said.
- WikiLeaks torture cables no surprise: Kashmiri separatists
Separatists in Indian Kashmir said Saturday reports in leaked US diplomatic cables that security forces used torture in the disputed Himala...
- Sri Lanka orders Red Cross to quit former war zone
The govt told the ICRC to move out of two northern towns after the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year brought about the end of d...
- Women's health care in war zones neglected: Red Cross
Healthcare needs of women in areas stricken by conflict are being neglected and often ignored, the International Committee for the Red Cros...