Countries are removing thousands of refugees to third countries like Mexico, Albania and the DRC—raising urgent humanitarian ...
In Caracas and La Guaira families are sleeping in the streets and parks, searching rubble with bare hands, and competing for clean water as the survival window closes Almost 50,000 people, including ...
Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026 — Two powerful earthquakes have killed at least 164 people and injured nearly 1,000 across Venezuela, leaving thousands more in urgent need of emergency assistance.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was already one of the world's most severe humanitarian emergencies before a new Ebola outbreak began spreading across its conflict-ravaged east. The IRC's 2026 ...
June 2, 2026 — IRC CEO and President, David Miliband, speaks at the launch of John Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health—Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement: This report ...
New York, NY, May 27, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the LEGO Foundation today announced a five-year $97 million partnership to expand early learning support for more than five ...
The outbreak is spreading faster than the response, with over 900 suspected cases and at least 223 deaths already reported across DRC and Uganda, including in major transport hubs like Goma and ...
New York, NY, May 4, 2026 — Two months into the Iran war, disrupted logistics, rising fuel prices and severe supply shortages are driving up costs and forcing the International Rescue Committee (IRC) ...
New York, April 14, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today called on the international community to take immediate action to establish a sustained humanitarian corridor through the ...
New York, NY, April 1, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning today that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could pose an exponentially greater threat to global food ...
New York, NY, March 20, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning that airspace closures across parts of the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to ...