Skip to main content

ICRC Websites

Happening now

Our latest humanitarian operations around the world

Read the most recent news, press releases and reports on our activities worldwide.

Latest press releases and statements

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC hands over 15 people released by the Congolese authorities to AFC/M23

News release

06-08-2026

Le drapeau du CICR fouette au vent, image d'illustration. KNOWLES-COURSIN, Mackenzie / CICR

Ukraine: Civilian casualties rise as conflict escalates

Statement

05-08-2026

UNSC briefing in PoC 8 Apr 2026

Myanmar: ICRC visits Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Statement

03-08-2026

All press releases and statements

Our latest humanitarian operations around the world

Russia: ICRC helps displaced people start over

Article

07-08-2026

Maksim, displaced by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, has undertaken a training to become a plumber, financed by the ICRC.

Frequently asked questions: Nuclear Weapons

Article

06-08-2026

World War II. Hiroshima. Chugoka-Shinbun regional journal bureau and Odamasa warehouse.

Afghanistan: Operational Facts and Figures – January to June 2026

Article

06-08-2026

An Afghan Red Crescent Society volunteer provides food to a child at Chawkay camp in Kunar.

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates voluntary return of 88 individuals to Gaza

Article

04-08-2026

UNGA80 6C UJ

ICRC holds exhibition in Seoul to mark the 60th anniversary of Republic of Korea’s accession to the Geneva Conventions

Article

30-07-2026

An ICRC exhibition, titled "Wars Have Limits," is currently underway in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. Designed to mark the 60th anniversary of Republic of Korea’s accession to the Geneva Conventions, It is jointly organized by the ICRC and the Seoul Museum of History, in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland in the Republic of Korea, and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korean Red Cross.

More

Latest reports and publications

Conflict-affected affected farmer holding donated farming tools, smiling

Philippines: Facts and figures from January to June 2026

Photo of beneficiary in her ICRC supported shop

Restoring and rebuilding resilience: An economic lifeline for Kenya's border communities

Syria, Qunitera governorate countryside, Ofania town, ICRC, and SARC Wathab teams during the ongoing construction works of the elevated water reservoir project.

Water and habitat in conflict - 2026 Briefer

All reports and publications

Next event

August

25

EVENT: Fighting without a planet B: international law’s practical tools for protecting our planet in armed conflict

Hybrid

Join the event