PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed the opening of rupee accounts outside India as part of its strategic action plan to internationalise the domestic currency. The RBI has finalised a strategic action plan for 2024-25, focusing on liberalisi...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where millions are facing severe hunger. The appeal comes nearly seven months after Israel...

The bodies of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the foreign minister Amirabdollahian, and other officials killed in a helicopter crash were transported to Tabriz city in Iran. where they will be buried in East Azarbaijan province. Iran's Supreme Lead...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tragically died in a helicopter crash near Azarbaijan border, sparking national mourning. Raisi was seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Khamenei. He was travel...

The Israeli flag flies over Gaza's Rafah crossing, controlled by Israeli troops for two weeks. Egypt has refused to reopen its side while under Israeli control, blocking aid to Gaza. The closure worsens the humanitarian crisis for Gaza's 2.4 million...

On Monday, Iranian state television announced the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. As of Monday morning, rescuers had not yet reached the site, though they spotted the helicopter approximately 2 kilometers away at dawn. Reports indicate slim chance...

The World Health Organization (WHO), three UN agencies, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society undertook a joint high-risk mission to transfer 24 critical patients from Al-Amal Hospital in Gaza on February 25, 2024. The patients were carried in four...

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins, and the Middle East is sliding towards a wider conflict. The war has deepened the hostility and mistrust between Israelis and Palestinians. The assault killed more than 1,200 pe...

The new assaults in central and southern Gaza propelled a new exodus of people already driven from other areas in what Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant called an essential stage of its mission to destroy its foe Hamas.

The seven-day pause, which began on Nov. 24 and was extended twice, had allowed for the exchange of dozens of hostages held in Gaza for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and facilitated the entry of humanitarian aid into the shattered coastal strip.

El Gouna Film Festival announces a special edition from December 14 to 21, focusing on Palestinian cinema to shed light on the Gaza situation. The festival will include a fundraising dinner for humanitarian aid in coordination with the Egyptian Red ...

Inbar Haiman, an art student from Israel, was abducted by Hamas militants during the Supernova Music Festival. Her boyfriend, Noam Alon, is pleading for her safe return, asking for the hostages to be treated humanely. Over 260 people were killed dur...

President Joe Biden has asked Congress to approve $14 billion in extra funding for Israel to help them fight against Hamas. In a televised speech, Biden emphasized the urgency of providing relief to Palestinian civilians in Gaza who are in desperate...

US President Joe Biden expressed support for Israel's position that a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket hit a hospital in Gaza, which has caused widespread anger in the Middle East. Arab countries have blamed Israel for the attack, but Biden backed Isra...

More than 2 tons of medical supplies from the Egyptian Red Crescent have been sent to Gaza and efforts are underway to organise food and other deliveries, according to an Egyptian military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was...

The United Nations has revised the death toll from the floods in Libya, stating that at least 3,958 people have died instead of the previously reported 11,300. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) updated the report, cit...

The EU funding supports the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) in delivering emergency shelter and household items, including tarpaulins, kitchen sets, woollen blankets and hygiene kits. The funding is part of the EU's overall contribution to the Disas...

As global concern spread, multiple nations offered to urgently send aid and rescue teams to help the war-scarred country that has been overwhelmed by what one UN official labelled "a calamity of epic proportions". Massive destruction shattered the M...

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end.