International Red Cross trucks seen driving through Gaza ahead of hostage release. ICRC met with Hamas representatives to sign an agreement before the release of four hostages.

This week's announcement by Niger's Foreign Affairs Ministry to effectively ban the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) came unexpectedly, apparently without any prior warning. ICRC ...

But not the ICRC—then, anyway. Unlike the national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in scores of countries, the ICRC was apolitical, effective, efficient, politically neutral, and staffed ...

The Israeli authorities on Saturday released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the second phase of a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. Abdullah Zaghari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, ...