In mid July, I returned from Venezuela, where I was deployed as part of the IRC's emergency response team, supporting communications and media efforts. We had just marked three weeks since the ...

Basma shares her reflections from her recent trip to visit IRC programs in Yemen, where funding cuts have had a devastating impact on communities and the programs they rely on.

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, with its epicenter in Chocó. At least 281 people have been killed and nearly 4,000 injured. The IRC and our local partners are delivering aid in ...

Bogota, Colombia, August 10, 2026 — A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia earlier today, leaving at least 110 people dead and nearly 100 injured. International Rescue Committee (IRC) ...

Caracas, Venezuela, July 7, 2026 — A public health emergency is unfolding in Venezuela as already overstretched health systems struggle to meet heightened need following twin earthquakes, the ...

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.

New York, NY, June 15, 2026 — New figures from UNHCR confirm that 118 million people remain forcibly displaced worldwide — a number that has nearly doubled in a decade, remaining at historic levels ...

Six months after the IRC's 2026 Emergency Watchlist warned of a New World Disorder, the evidence is clear: crises are spreading faster than the systems designed to contain them. The IRC's Watchlist ...

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 ...

New York, NY, April 13, 2026 — A new International Rescue Committee (IRC) paper warns that a sharp contraction in global aid is colliding with record humanitarian need—creating a widening gap with ...

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 ...