Use of the Red Cross symbol in such a military operation would appear to violate the Geneva Conventions that protect the relief organization's reputation for neutrality in conflicts.

Two graphic desigers in New York applaud the International Committee of the Red Cross’s decision to adopt a third symbol for use in armed conflicts meant to demonstrate the charity’s neutrality in a ...

The red cross, at the heart of the dispute, has been shared amicably for more than a century by Johnson & Johnson on its commercial products and the Red Cross as a symbol of its relief efforts on ...

Red Cross staff in Ukraine in May. The organization wants to create a digital equivalent of its distinctive symbol to warn hackers off of attacking medical facilities.

The Red Cross formed in 1881, which is when it started using the red cross symbol, Red Cross spokeswoman Devorah Goldburg told ABC News.

The Red Cross admitted Israel to the worldwide humanitarian organization early Thursday, ending decades of exclusion linked to the Jewish state's refusal to accept the traditional cross symbol.

A new, neutral symbol for the International Red Cross has been approved - one that will allow its use by countries who may suspect the old red cross, or red crescent, might not be respected by ...

A Labour minister has sparked controversy by claiming that an alternative symbol is needed for the Red Cross because of the logo's supposed links to the Crusades.

The Red Mountain cross illuminates the sky during a torchlight run at the Red Mountain Ski Area in December 1957. The cross was originally created in December 1951 by employees of the Glenwood Springs ...

An Encyclopedia of the Holy Cross: Symbol of Redemption BOOK PICK: Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are?