World disasters and emergencies

A row of Red Cross helmets and folded emergency response uniforms sit on a shelf.

Geneva Conventions 75th anniversary: humanitarian workers must be protected

"The Geneva Conventions are just as relevant today as they were 75 years ago," says Béatrice Butsana-Sita, CEO of the British Red Cross

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Magen David Adom rescue workers attend a location affected by Iranian missiles.

Israel-Iran: Red Cross deeply concerned by the recent escalation of violence

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Hassam, 17 years old, a patient at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah

Mass casualty surge in Gaza: Hasam's story

In June 2025 the conflict in Gaza escalated with a surge in mass casualty incidents linked to the opening of new aid distribution sites. Read the story of one teenager caught up in the fighting.

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Rescue workers attend the aftermath of the earthquake in Myanmar.

Myanmar earthquake: latest news

A powerful earthquake struck Myanmar in March 2025, find out how the Red Cross is helping with rescue, recovery and providing vital humanitarian aid.

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ICRC medic comforts boy in Gaza during the Israel-OPT conflict

Disease and a broken healthcare system in Gaza could kill more than the conflict

Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza no longer have access to healthcare. Yet health workers continue to risk their lives to save others. They must be protected at all costs.

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ICRC members leave building badly damaged during the conflict in Ukraine.

Red Cross responds to explosions in Kyiv

Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) emergency response teams were deployed in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Sloviansk following a wave of explosions which struck on Monday, 8 July 2024.

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Granada Red Cross responds to Storm Beryl

Red Cross responds as Hurricane Beryl devastates the Carribean

Red Cross teams have sprung into action after Hurricane Beryl, the first category 5 storm to strike this early in the year, devastates a number of Caribbean islands.

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Gaza field hospital 1084 x 610

Red Cross responds to vast medical needs in Rafah

An ICRC field hospital has specialist departments for emergency services, maternity and paediatric care

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Ofir Peretz MDA ambulance responder, stand in uniform facing the camera and looks sad.

7 October: "We worked towards one goal"

A year on from the 7 October attacks in Israel, we have heard many accounts of bravery from our Magen David Adom (MDA) colleagues. From staff and volunteers, and from the communities affected.

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Awni and his family - all Palestine Red Crescent Society responders - stand in front of an ambulance, dressed in their uniforms.

"It was the same tragedy each day": life on the ground in Gaza

Four remarkably brave Palestine Red Crescent Society staff and volunteers reflect on a year of delivering life-saving aid, amid vast challenges.

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Remembering Red Cross and Red Crescent colleagues killed in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank

Humanitarian aid workers are just trying to deliver the basics: medical care, shelter, food and water.

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British Red Cross chief executive, Beatrice Butsana-Sita

"This conflict is made up of thousands of individual tragedies"

Béatrice Butsana-Sita became CEO of the British Red Cross in November. Four months later, she was in the Middle East, meeting people caught up in one of the most devastating and complex conflicts in recent memory.

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