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Sudan rebels free 63 Sudan troops: Red Cross

Rebels in Sudan`s Darfur region have freed more than 60 Sudanese soldiers who have been handed over to government ...

UN Security Council welcomes cooperation between Iraq, Kuwait

The UN Security Council said in a press statement issued here Wednesday that it welcomes the cooperation occurring ...

Russia, China step up Syria peace efforts

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

France urges Syria ceasefire to evacuate journalists

France called for a ceasefire in the rebel-held area of Baba Amr in Syria`s city of Homs on Wednesday so it could ...

ICRC fails to evacuate wounded journalists from Homs

The Red Cross Saturday failed to agree a deal to evacuate wounded Syrians and Western journalists from battered Homs ...

US backs humanitarian ceasefire in Syria

The United States supports calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to bring relief to civilians caught up in a ...

UN declares Somali famine over for now

An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now but ...

ICRC regrets Somali ban, but committed to helping people

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it remains committed to helping Somalis but regrets the ...

Sudan`s Darfur rebels release five Turks: ICRC

Rebels in the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan released five Turks who have arrived in the Sudanese capital, ...

Al Shabaab rebels ban red cross in Somalia

Al Shabaab rebels in Somalia have expelled the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from areas they control ...

Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker in West Bank

Israeli forces arrested a Hamas lawmaker at his home in the West Bank city of Ramallah overnight, a source from the ...

Somali rebels block ICRC food aid convoys

Islamist militants in Somalia have blocked two International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoys carrying ...

President Yudhoyono bestows awards on outstanding blood donors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Tuesday bestowed honorary awards on 1,329 people who distinguished ...

ICRC has met Kadhafi son Seif in Libya: spokesman

Two representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday met Moamer Kadhafi`s detained son Seif ...

ICRC to clear explosives from Libya`s Sirte, Bani Walid

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday it will begin this week to clear unexploded munitions in ...