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14m volunteers celebrate International Day of Red Cross, Red Crescent

Fourteen million volunteers and 450,000 employees from around the world flooded social…

Mohamed Gamal Mohamed Gamal
The committee also addressed the ICRC’s request to accelerate the issuance of a law protecting the emblems of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. This goal is of particular importance to the ICRC as these emblems have been widely misused in Egypt (AFP\Photo)
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Three ICRC staff, Red Crescent volunteer freed in Syria

AFP-  Three of the six aid workers from the International Committee of…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt
The committee also addressed the ICRC’s request to accelerate the issuance of a law protecting the emblems of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. This goal is of particular importance to the ICRC as these emblems have been widely misused in Egypt (AFP\Photo)
EgyptPolitics

Egypt working to join International Criminal Court

National Committee for International Humanitarian Law met Tuesday to establish goals

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt
A member of the “Be a man” campaign talks on the streets of Cairo during a previous anti-sexual harassment event. (File photo, Isstargel group)
EgyptPolitics

Anti-harassment campaigns gear up for Eid

As the Eid Al-Adha holiday looms, incidents of sexual harassment increase

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
A Palestinian woman walks through the destroyed home of the Haruf family after Israeli forces carried out a raid on the abode in the West Bank City of Nablus on 28 July 28 (photo: AFP/JAAFAR ASHTIYRH)
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Romney’s Israel visit puts spotlight on region’s fragile state

Recent incidents involving Israeli troops in Palestine illustrate the ongoing fragile state…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez