Tag: Yemen
UN says danger of ‘big famine’ in Yemen
SANAA: The UN humanitarian chief warned on Tuesday that “there is a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing...
Yemeni asylum seekers denied refugee status in South Korea
SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday denied asylum to hundreds of Yemeni immigrants who had fled their war-torn country, allowing them to stay only for...
Saudi-led airstrike kills 17 in contested Yemeni port city
CAIRO: Yemeni rebel officials say an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels has killed at least 17 people in the port-city of...
UN rights body renews experts’ probe of Yemen crimes
GENEVA: The UN's top human rights body voted Friday to renew work by experts investigating alleged rights violations and crimes in war-torn Yemen, brushing...
Yemen govt ends cooperation with UN rights mission
ADEN: Yemen's government on Thursday announced it will end its cooperation with a UN human rights mission, accusing investigators of bias after a report...
Yemen separatist leader says Hodeidah offensive will not stop
ABU DHABI: A campaign to drive the Houthi movement from Yemen's main port of Hodeidah, which resumed this month after peace talks failed, will...
Amidst war, famine and fear, Yemeni cinema fights back
On opening night, Yemeni director Amr Gamal held his breath to see if anyone would turn up for his film, screened in a makeshift...
Saudi-led coalition seizes main road linking Yemen’s Hodeidah to Sanaa
ADEN: Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition seized the main road linking the port city of Hodeidah to the capital Sanaa, blocking a...
Yemen war a ‘living hell’ for children: UNICEF
SANAA: In the malnutrition ward of a hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, doctors weigh toddlers with protruding rib cages and skeletal limbs.
Twenty children,...
Yemen accuses Houthis of trying to ‘sabotage’ peace talks, blame UN...
GENEVA: Yemen's foreign minister accused the Houthi movement on Saturday of "trying to sabotage the negotiations" that ended without their attendance in Geneva and...
Yemen peace talks collapse in Geneva after Houthi no-show
GENEVA: Yemen peace talks collapsed on Saturday after three days of waiting for the Houthi movement delegation, but the United Nations envoy vowed to...
Yemen peace talks in balance as parties trade ultimatums
GENEVA: Scheduled peace talks in Geneva between Yemen's government and Huthi rebels hung in the balance Thursday as both sides traded ultimatums and a...
Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi warship
DUBAI: The Iran-aligned armed Houthi movement targeted a Saudi Arabian warship off the coast of Saudi Arabia's province of Jizan, the group's Al Masirah...
Saudi-led coalition accuses UN of bias in Yemen
RIYADH: The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen on Monday accused the United Nations of "biased" reports on air strikes that allegedly killed dozens...
Yemen’s southern separatists attack military academy in Aden
ADEN: Southern separatists opened fire on a military academy graduation ceremony in Yemen's port city of Aden on Saturday, killing a cadet and wounding...
UN invites Yemen govt and Huthis to peace talks
GENEVA: The United Nations has invited Yemen's government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels to Geneva next month for talks on resolving the country's civil war,...
Roadside bomb in Yemen’s Aden targets provincial governor’s convoy
ADEN: A roadside bomb in Yemen's southern city of Aden targeted the convoy of a Saudi-backed Yemeni provincial governor but he was unhurt, witnesses...
