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200,000 flee Syria's aleppo in two days

The United Nations said Sunday that 200,000 people have fled the Syrian city of Aleppo in two days as President Bashar ...

Syria condemns Turkey for NATO talk

The foreign ministry on Saturday accused Turkey of provocation with its talk of asking NATO to help protect its border ...

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 ...

RI Demonstrates Continued Support For Palestine

It might be a small step forward, but it`s a victory any way for Palestine which became a full member of UNESCO ...

President Yudhoyono bestows awards on outstanding blood donors

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

PMI to collect 4.5 million blood pouches in 2012

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) will make an all out effort to reach its target of collecting 4.5 million blood pouches ...

Somalia air strike hits empty Red Crescent feeding centre

A warplane bombed the rebel-held southern Somali town of Baardheere on Saturday, hitting a feeding centre run by the ...

Arab League approves travel ban on Syrian VIPs

The Arab League`s ministerial meeting on Saturday approved a travel ban on Syrian high-ranking officials and a freeze ...

17 aid trucks looted in quake-hit Turkey: red crescent

Seventeen aid trucks belonging to the Turkish Red Crescent were looted in quake-hit eastern Turkey, the organisation`s ...

Woman rescued three days after Turkey quake

Emergency workers rescued a 27-year-old woman alive from a collapsed building on Wednesday, three days after an ...

`Thousands` buried under rubble in Turkey quake

The Red Cross said Tuesday that hundreds or even thousands of people remain buried under the rubble after a ...

Iran sets up 50 emergency tents in quake-stricken Turkish province

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has, so far, set up 50 emergency tents in the quake-stricken Van province in eastern ...