Local officials in the Philippines say at least fifty-six people are missing and at least 500 others are injured. In addition, half a million people have been forced to abandon
KABUL: International community's sanctions are provoking in Afghanistan. In a statement issued after a six-day visit to Afghanistan, Dominic Stilthart, director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
Geneva, March 6 (AFP/APP): As Guinea grapples with a fresh Ebola outbreak, community resistance to measures needed to rein in the deadly virus remains dangerously high, a top Red Cross official
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that two-thirds of Yemenis do not have food, and almost as many have no access to health care. In a series of
BEIJING, Apr 4 (APP): A batch of anti-epidemic material and other medical supplies worth RMB 4.56 million mobilized by the Red Cross Society of China to help Pakistan fight the
BEIJING, Feb 25 (APP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday signed an agreement for a private sector loan of up to CNY130 million ($18.6 million) to Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co.
BEIJING, Feb 13 (APP): A Pakistani scientist, Dr Munawar Iqbal engaged in research at high-energy institutes in China had decided to stand strong with his Chinese friends and offered to
Beijing, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): China has sacked the top political leaders of virus-stricken Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, the highest-profile figures to be removed so far in a crisis
New York, Jan 20 (AFP/APP): Teaching online video game players to save lives, not take them -- that is the aim of a new product developed in an unusual collaboration
Beirut, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): Lebanese protesters clashed with police Sunday for the second consecutive night near parliament on the eve of much-delayed consultations to form a new cabinet needed to