Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted ...

Hamas has handed over the American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel to the Red Cross – the third hostage to be released on Saturday as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel. Mr Siegel, 65, walked onto a ...

Hamas hands American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel over to the Red Cross in Gaza City.

The Red Cross, accused of not doing enough to help hostages in Gaza or Palestinian detainees in Israel, has defended itself ...