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By Mohammed Al- khuzai in Baghdad The Iraqi Red Crescent Society has stepped up to provide desalination and purification systems in Basra after a water pollution crisis led to more than 6,200 people needing hospital treatment in the southern Governorat …

Marson Rosario is the Communication Officer at Micronesia Red Cross. This World First Aid Day, he is sharing is sharing his first aid story to encourage people to learn first aid to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries on the road.

Heavy flooding and landslides in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have killed at least 76 people and injured 35 others in the provinces of North and South Hwanghae. A further 75 people – including many children – are still missing follo …

It’s been over one month since the ground in Lombok started shaking. Since the first earthquake struck in July 2018, people have now endured more than 1,500 aftershocks. 

The Indonesian island of Lombok has suffered yet another serious earthquake and aftershock, terrifying communities who have already survived five quakes and more than a thousand aftershocks over the past month. The new quake, a magnitude 5.1 event with …

The Red Cross and Red Crescent are working hard to contain Democratic Republic of Congo’s 10th Ebola outbreak, with a special focus on breaking the deadly virus’ chain of transmission. Six teams of DRC Red Cross volunteers with experience in Safe and D …

Hundreds of thousands of people in India have been forced to leave their homes after the worst flooding in a century in Kerala. Torrential monsoon rains have seen flash-flooding sweep the southern state in August, killing at least 374 people and leavin …

Abdullah, 24, holds a master’s degree in physics and was teaching physics, chemistry and English at Yadana high school in Rakhine when his family was forced to flee their home on 25 August 2017.

Evacuation centres housing people forced to flee following last month’s devastating dam collapse have been cut off by more flooding. Recent monsoon rains have caused a crucial bridge to collapse, leaving more than 3,700 people stranded in harsh conditi …

Four people have been found alive by Italian Red Cross rescuers in Genoa after a busy motorway bridge collapsed. Vehicles plunged 90 metres from the A10 highway bridge on 15 August when a section of the structure crumbled as traffic queued to cross. At …