Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, killing over 1,700 people. Learn how the IRC is scaling up its response—and how ...

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 ...

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 ...

IRC has been present in Trieste since 2021, providing support to newly-arrived people from the Balkan route. Every day, a team of three IRC Protection Officers identify dozens of new arrivals in the ...

Beirut, Lebanon, March 17, 2026 — With one million people now displaced in Lebanon in just two weeks, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that one of the fastest displacement crises the ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 11, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that rising instability combined with a drastic global decline in humanitarian funding risks pushing millions ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee releases a list of the 20 humanitarian crises expected to deteriorate the most over the next year. For the past decade, this report has helped us ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) assessment of the 20 countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming year. The report is based ...

For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...

New York, NY, October 6, 2025 — Ahead of the first-ever World Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) Day, marked on October 5, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is proud to announce the launch of a new ...

Aden, Yemen, August 26, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is mounting an urgent response to severe flooding that has swept across southern Yemen. More than 100,000* people have been ...