A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on 31 August 2025, killing 800 people. Learn more about what happened and how the Red Cross is helping.

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In this report, we evidence that high intensity use of A&E is fundamentally a health inequalities issue. Our new report, Nowhere else to turn: exploring high intensity use of accident and emergency ...

The Afghan Red Crescent Society is responding to help people affected by a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake, which struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday, 31 August. The British Red Cross is ...

It's been four years since we saw the harrowing scenes from Afghanistan on TV and across social media. In Afghanistan today, decades of conflict and natural disasters have left two thirds of the ...

More than 50,000 refugees could be made homeless by the end of the year if the Government doesn’t take urgent steps to support them as it clears the asylum backlog, the British Red Cross warns. The ...

On 28 March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar at approximately 1:10pm local time, its epicentre located 17 kilometres southeast of Mandalay. The Sagaing and Mandalay regions have ...

The British Red Cross has launched an emergency fundraising appeal in response to two devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Reports are emerging that more than a thousand people have died, with ...

Over the past few months, Pakistan has faced severe monsoon flooding. The rains have caused widespread damage and are expected to continue. The Pakistan Red Crescent has been working hard to respond ...

A new report from the British Red Cross, Seen and heard: Understanding frequent attendance at A&E, has found people who frequently attended A&E in Dorset were 72 per cent more likely to live in an ...

A British Red Cross volunteer of more than four decades, who supported people impacted by the London tube bombings in July 2005, has been recognised in the New Year’s Honour’s List. Volunteer ...