A famous yacht once owned by Hollywood actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor was caught in a skirmish off the coast of Yemen, on Friday. Security guards on the 117-year-old super yacht, known as …
China’s growing role in world politics as it brokers peace in Yemen
Geopolitical experts have opined that the war that broke out in 2014, and claimed a jaw-dropping 85 000 innocent lives of children under the age of five, has been a proxy war between perennial enemies …
Houthi-Linked Financial Entities Trigger Cash Crisis
Mahmoud Naji, a Sanaa-based Yemeni citizen, was told by a currency exchange employee that he had to collect a financial transfer from his brother in Yemeni riyals due to a lack of foreign currency …
Australian-flagged yacht shoots at Yemen coast guard it ‘mistook for pirates’
Personnel aboard the yacht reportedly mistook the Yemeni coast guard for pirates, while the British navy said the incident was the result of “government activity” without elaborating further.
IOM Helps Over 3,200 African Migrants Stranded in Yemen Return Home Safely
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the migration agency of the United Nations, announced on Monday that more than 3,200 African migrants stranded in Yemen have returned home safely …
Saudi Arabia seizes 12.7 million Captagon pills in pomegranate bust
Four people were arrested in a major drug bust, according to the state-owned Saudi Press Agency, including two Egyptians, one Syrian and one Yemeni national.
A prisoner swap is a symbolic step towards ending the Saudi-led war in Yemen
For three days lines of grinning men (and the occasional woman) stepped off Red Cross planes in Sana’a and Aden, the biggest cities in Yemen. After years in captivity, some looked the worse for …
Houthis Threaten Attacks on Saudi Arabia, Allies If De-escalation Collapses
Houthi officials announced that they would attack the countries involved in the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen if Saudi Arabia backtracks on its planned de-escalation. According to the Houthi-run Saba news agency,
Stampede in Yemen’s Capital Kills at Least 78 Seeking Food Aid, Houthis Say
Anyone can read what you share. By The Associated Press SANA, Yemen — A crowd apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during …
At least 78 dead in stampede during $9 aid event in Yemen’s capital
The tragedy occurred on one of the last days of Ramadan, as people were reportedly gathering for a charity event organized by local merchants.