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Red Cross: Dozens killed after ferry capsizes

Rescuers scoured choppy waters for survivors Thursday after a ferry sank off the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, killing 37 people and leaving dozens missing, the Red Cross said. Read More

Exclusive: Red Cross ruling raises questions of Syrian war crimes

GENEVA (Reuters) – The Red Cross now views fighting in Syria as an internal armed conflict – a civil war in layman’s terms – crossing a threshold experts say can help lay the ground for future prosecutions for war crimes. Read More

French aid worker released in Yemen, ICRC says

GENEVA (Reuters) – A French aid worker kidnapped in northern Yemen in April by armed men has been released and is in good health, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday. Read More