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- Time to step up? Irish sound off on request to host refugees amid severe housing crisis
The Irish Red Cross have asked citizens to “put empty space to better use” and house refugees from the Middle East who the government offered asylum to in the middle of a national housing crisis. But are the Irish prepared?World News - War-torn Yemen's infrastructure in full collapse, crisis is one of the worst – Red Cross
Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is waging a bombing campaign with thousands of civilian victims, is facing the collapse of its whole infrastructure and not enough aid is coming in, the former Red Cross head in Yemen told RT.World News - (Red) Cross the line: Aid org loses 21 staffers over 3 years in sex scandals
Twenty-one workers at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been fired or quit their roles over sexual misconduct in the past three years, the organization has announced.World News - Libyan crisis festers, but media has moved on – Red Cross president to RT
Although Libya has fallen out of headlines and been replaced by conflicts in Syria and Yemen, it is still plagued by fighting and a humanitarian crisis, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told RT.World News - Yemen rival forces must stop ‘disturbing trend’ of civilian airstrikes – Red Cross committee to RT
All powers involved in the Yemen war must respect civilian lives, an International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman told RT, expressing alarm at the increasing number of airstrikes on civilian targets.World News - Theater festival, Russian Red Cross NGO awarded largest presidential grants
The Russian Presidential Foundation for Civil Society Development has distributed state grants for 2017 among about 1,000 NGOs, with the Russian Red Cross and the Golden Mask theater festival being allocated the largest sums.Russian Politics News
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