Iran war latest: U.S. imposes sanctions related to Strait of Hormuz, TehranStrait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most strategically vital maritime routes, with about 20 per cent of the world’s seaborne crude oil...
01 May, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
US Treasury warns shippers not to pay Hormuz tolls, even in form of charityU.S. Treasury warns shippers paying tolls or making charitable donations to Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz risk sanctions. T...
01 May, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
China to provide $200,000 aid to Iranian Red CrescentChina is providing aid to Iran and condemning attacks on civilians. Beijing is actively engaging with all parties involved in the West Asia...
13 Mar, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza as Egypt offers new ceasefire proposalIsraeli strikes on Gaza have resulted in over 60 Palestinian deaths in the last 24 hours. Egypt is mediating to reestablish a ceasefire, pr...
24 Mar, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
Global aid group asks warring forces to respect its neutrality with 24 of its aid workers killedThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed the opening of rupee accounts outside India as part of its strategic action plan to internation...
30 May, 2024, 10.34 PM IST
UN revises toll from Libya floods to 3958, over 9000 injuredThe United Nations has revised the death toll from the floods in Libya, stating that at least 3,958 people have died instead of the previou...
18 Sep, 2023, 07.26 AM IST
Aid arrives in flood-hit Libya as Derna death toll estimated at 11,300Another 10,100 people are still missing in the devastated city, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, using Re...
17 Sep, 2023, 09.29 AM IST
At least 2,300 dead in 'epic' Libya floods, thousands more missingAs global concern spread, multiple nations offered to urgently send aid and rescue teams to help the war-scarred country that has been over...
13 Sep, 2023, 12.03 PM IST
World Red Cross Day 2023: Everything you may want to knowWorld Red Cross Day, also known as World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, is observed every year on May 8. The day is chosen to honour the b...
07 May, 2023, 09.43 PM IST
ED interrogates Kerala CM's aide Raveendran in connection with Life Mission caseThe agency had earlier asked Raveendran to appear before it on February 27, but he cited official duties for not appearing on that day. Rav...
07 Mar, 2023, 09.58 PM IST
ED quizzes ex-CEO of Life Mission project in FCRA violation caseThe agency questioned the former CEO of Life Mission project, U V Jose, for nearly nine hours at the office on Friday in connection with th...
18 Feb, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
Three rockets hit near Baghdad Green Zone, none hurt, says security officialThe rockets struck near a Red Crescent hospital, a bank and the district's water management department, the source added. The so far unclai...
31 Oct, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
Hundreds wounded in new Jerusalem clashes: Red Crescent"There are hundreds of people injured from the clashes" and about 50 of them were hospitalised, the Red Crescent said in a brief statement ...
10 May, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
At least 169 hurt in Jerusalem clashes: Police, medicsThe Red Crescent said most of the wounded were hurt in clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and that most of the injuries were caused by ...
08 May, 2021, 08.42 AM IST
'51.6 million people doubly hit by climate-linked disasters, Covid-19'At least 51.6 million people globally have been affected by floods, droughts or storms and also the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Inter...
24 Sep, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Oil rich Kuwait assists Kerala flood victimsA Kuwait Red Crescent (KRC) delegation visited Kerala to lend helping hand to the flood affected people there.
04 Mar, 2019, 02.26 PM IST
- Poor nations ill-equipped to cope with tsunami: Red Cross
'If we have a tsunami wave that is predicted to be anything between four and 10 metres, this is higher than some islands we know.'
11 Mar, 2011, 11.08 PM IST