New York, NY , November 10, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today unveiled ALMA, a ground-breaking, multilingual virtual assistant designed to help refugees, Special Immigrant Visa ...
The IRC's 2025 Emergency Watchlist highlights the top 10 global crises, focusing on countries like Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar, where conflict, climate change, and economic instability exacerbate ...
New York, NY, January 15, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) have announced a five-year strategic partnership to strengthen the ...
As world leaders gather for UNGA, the IRC warned that the institution’s goals to end poverty, hunger and disease are failing.
As El Niño, projected to be one of the strongest in recent history, nears its peak and conflict-disrupted shipping continues to push up the cost of food, fuel and fertilizer, tens of millions more ...
The Ministerial Week of UNGA is meant to be the moment when the world comes together. Yet today fracture and fragmentation is dominant. Bad faith drives out good ideas. Hard power makes a mockery of ...
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 13, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening on two ...
In January 1933, Adolf Hitler, the head of the Nazi party, became chancellor of Germany. Within two months, the Nazis had gained virtually total control of the country and had begun what would be a 12 ...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were the world’s central instrument in the fight against poverty, but they were designed for a more peaceful era that no longer exists.
In Pakistan, displaced communities have spent years living with uncertainty. They often struggle to secure stable housing, work and access to basic services, which makes it hard to plan for the future ...
Heavy rainfall linked to the El Niño weather pattern has resulted in flooding in parts of Mogadishu, Somalia, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)-supported Ariif Health Centre has already ...
Yemen is a country blessed with kind people, a rich culture and history, and incredible food. It also carries tremendous poverty and need. I just spent a week in the south of the country, visiting IRC ...