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Israel receives body of a hostage from Hamas, says IDF
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday confirmed the receipt of a coffin containing the body of a deceased hostage from Hamas, transferred via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the Gaza border, as part of the ongoing implementation of the US-brokered ceasefire agree
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Edan Alexander now in Red Cross custody in Khan Younis
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Freed Israeli hostage Edan Alexander is currently in the custody of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Khan Younis, according to an Israeli security source.
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Landmines plague area equal to 3,00,000 football fields in Iraq
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminate an estimated 2,100 square kilometres of Iraqi land, a devastating area comparable to nearly 3,00,000 football fields.
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More than 120 armed conflicts rage across globe: ICRC
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, said that there are more than 120 active armed conflicts across various parts of the world, accompanied by extreme violence, widespread destruction, and restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid.
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ICRC calls for maintaining ceasefire in Lebanon
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), visited Lebanon where humanitarian needs remain immense following the latest escalation of hostilities.
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Jindal India Institute Trains Over 30 Foreign Diplomats and Journalists to
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], September 27: The Jindal India Institute (JII) of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) hosted 31 foreign diplomats, foreign correspondents and defence attaches from 20 embassies, high commissions, international organisations and new agencies at the third edition of
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BNM urges global action following disappearance of Baloch leader Ustad Wah
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The human rights situation in Balochistan continues to deteriorate with escalating incidents of enforced disappearances.
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Abdullah bin Zayed meets President of International Committee of Red Cross
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger.
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ICRC President to visit Israel, meet with officials and hostages' families
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is expected to visit Israel on Thursday, according to Hebrew media, The Times of Israel reported.
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Israel-Hamas war: Decomposed bodies of infants found in evacuated hospital
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The circumstances leading to this harrowing discovery are complex. Al-Nasr and Al-Rantisi children's hospitals, part of the same complex, became the battleground between Israeli and Hamas forces in early November. Hospital staff, under Israeli direction, hastily evacuated on November 10,
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Israel-Hamas truce: Red Cross says it facilitated release of 33 Palestinia
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that it facilitated the release of 33 Palestinian prisoners from an Israeli prison to the West Bank as part of the Israel-Hamas four-day truce.
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International Humanitarian Law and Peacekeeping (Jointly Organized by USI,
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18: The United Service Institution of India (USI), the country's oldest think tank established in 1870, is organizing its Annual UN Forum 2023 (#UAUF 23) on 21-22 November 2023 in New Delhi. The two-day seminar on "International Humanitarian Law and Peacekeeping"
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