The effort is the latest in a series of "Support a Cause" fundraising candles that started with the company's internationally ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

It was Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, who said, "You must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it." Barton's philosophy captures the spirit of America’s ...

Here's how you can donate to support earthquake recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria after several disaster relief organizations have mobilized.

Syria's ageing and war-damaged water system around the northwestern province of Aleppo is at risk of collapse after an earthquake struck a month ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross ...

The International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) delivered urgent humanitarian aid to the displaced. Yet, the needs remain vast, and much more must ...

GENEVA - The Red Cross said on Friday it had opened two new telephone hotlines to try to reunite Syrians who have been missing for years with their families, but warned that many cases will take ...

For his part, Stefan Sakalyan expressed the Red Cross’s desire to expand its projects in Syria, support and finance many projects, especially technical projects, water projects, supplying ...

Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria's civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the president of the International Committee for the Red Cross said."Identifying ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — An American who turned up in Syria on Thursday says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago.

The American Red Cross was established in 1881; the United States then ratified the Geneva Conventions (laws established to protect war-wounded and civilians in conflict zones) in 1882.

American Travis Timmerman, who says he was detained in Syria after crossing into the country on a Christian pilgrimage, appears to have been among thousands freed.