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6.3 magnitude quake strikes near Iran’s Bushehr nuke facility, 37 deaths...
Thirty-seven people have been killed after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Bushehr in Iran. Around 850 people have been injured, according to Iranian media. The area is home to the Bushehr...
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Al-Qaeda hold hostages in Kenya mall siege, 68 dead, 200 injured
At least 68 people have been killed and 200 others wounded by Al-Qaeda-linked militants in a Nairobi shopping mall, as the hostage crisis there has entered its second day. Foreigners are among the...
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Vietnam evacuates 600,000 in fear of Haiyan devastation
As super-typhoon Haiyan has left some 10,000 dead in the Philippines, over 600,000 people have been evacuated as it approaches Vietnam. “Those who do not move voluntarily will be forced” to move,...
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UN doubles Philippines typhoon death toll to over 4,400
The United Nations has nearly doubled the death toll from the devastating typhoon that struck the Philippines to over 4,400 people – a substantial rise from an earlier estimate of 2,357. However, the...
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Russia and Ukraine agree on humanitarian operation
A residential building in downtown Donetsk damaged during the city’s artillery shelling by Ukrainian forces. Moscow and Kiev have agreed on a humanitarian mission under the authority of the Red Cross,...
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Death toll in Ukraine conflict doubles in 2 weeks, reaches 2,086 – UN
The number of killed and wounded in eastern Ukraine has doubled to 2,086 over the last two weeks, according to the UN’s “very conservative estimates”. “This corresponds to a clear escalating trend,”...
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Ebola epidemic to take six months to control: MSF
Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) medical workers disinfect the body bag of an Ebola victim at the MSF facility in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, on August 14, 2014. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors...
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Red Cross takes over Russia’s humanitarian aid for Ukraine
Russian humanitarian aid trucks will cross the Ukrainian border in small batches of several dozen vehicles and only after a thorough examination by border guards, Kiev says, following an official...
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Russian convoy enters Ukraine without Kiev’s permission
Several dozen trucks in the Russian humanitarian convoy have crossed the Ukrainian border and started moving in the direction of Lugansk, after Moscow ordered the convoy to proceed, without waiting...
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Kenya: Massacre survivor hid 2 days in closet
A survivor of the massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya was found on Saturday, two days after Al-Shabaab extremists slaughtered 148 people. Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, had cowered in a wardrobe...
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32 dead, 80 injured in Nigeria market blast, Boko Haram claims responsibility
At least 32 people were killed and 80 wounded after an explosive device went off at a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola, humanitarian agencies say. “Thirty-two people were killed and 80...
View ArticleIrish Pressured to House Migrants In Spare Bedrooms, Vacation Homes
The Red Cross is asking the Irish to “put empty space to better use” by offering up their spare bedrooms or entire properties to accommodate migrants. Working in conjunction with the Irish government,...
View ArticleAquarius Migrants to Spain caught throwing Clothes to garbage donated by Red...
Recall now that boat–the Aquarius–full of vibrant and exciting Africans who were denied docking in Italy, but was redirected to Spain? On June 24th several Facebook users criticized the fact that many...
View ArticleCongo: African Tribesmen Attack Red Cross Workers Fighting New Ebola Outbreak
Two Red Cross workers were seriously wounded on Tuesday this week when local tribesmen attacked them while they were carrying out safe Ebola burials in the northeastern Congo city of Butembo, according...
View ArticleIn India you can now Donate Blood if you're Vaccinated only 28 Days Later
This is not just in India, but also in Japan and the Red Cross are also announcing similar measures that they aren’t taking freshly vaccinated blood… but only “28 Days Later”… but who knows that will...
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