Topic: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Checklist for disaster first-responders: food, blankets – and wi-fi

An Irish-based aid agency has developed a wi-fi system for use immediately after a natural disaster, when communications can be near-impossible. The US Navy is testing it this week.

Syria's ex-Prime Minister: Regime on the verge of collapse (+video)

Iran's twin quakes kill hundreds, flatten mud-brick villages

Syria: U.N. says no one will win (+video)

Libya celebrates first peaceful transition of power

Opinion Next steps in Syria after Kofi Annan's exit

In parched Oklahoma more evacuations as wildfire rages

Backchannels Worrying signs of lawlessness in Libya

In North Korea's industrial center, factories and wood-fueled trucks

Change Agent Charities plan to distribute $2 million in aid for Colorado shooting victims

Gun rights: why UN small arms treaty is another land mine for Obama

Terrorism & Security As Syrian conflict intensifies, UN prepares to extend its mission

Syria: Civil war engulfs Damascus (+video)

Terrorism & Security Syria war deepens: Damascus sees worst fighting yet (+video)

Red Cross: Syria now in civil war, rules of war apply

Change Agent Women bring a new approach to philanthropy

In Kashmir, old torture centers get makeover

Residents allowed at sites where their homes burned

Colorado wildfire claims second fatality, 360 homes burned

Emancipation Proclamation fetches $2.1 million at auction

Waldo Canyon fire claims first fatality and 346 homes (+video)

Colorado blaze: Most destructive in history (+video)

Colorado wildfire: Weather forecast offers hope as fire marches toward city (+video)

Modern Parenthood Colorado wildfires: How prepared a parent would you be? (+video)

Turkey aims for NATO help with Syria (+video)