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U.N. buys tanker to store oil from decaying vessel off Yemen
The United Nations has purchased a large tanker to store about 1.1 million barrels of oil that will be transferred from a decaying vessel off Yemen’s coast in a bid to avert an environmental disaster, …
UN signs deal to salvage stranded oil from tanker off Yemen
The United Nations says it has signed an agreement to purchase a very large vessel that can transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude now stranded in a rusting old tanker off the coast of war-torn …
Smithsonian to display 77 looted artefacts from Yemen in shared stewardship agreement
This week’s repatriation marks the first time in nearly two decades that the US government has returned cultural property to Yemen. Previously, authorities returned a single funerary stele to …
Biden thanks Oman for Yemen truce support, opening airspace
U.S. President Joe Biden thanked the sultan of Oman on Tuesday for the country’s support of a UN-mediated truce in Yemen and for its decision to open its airspace to all civilian aircraft, including …
Al-Qaeda Confirms Top Figure Killed In Yemen Strike: Monitor
Al-Qaeda on Sunday confirmed the death of a senior figure in the network’s Yemen branch in a suspected US air strike last month, S …
Opinion: Too hungry to weep. The tragedy of Yemen’s starving children
On a recent trip to Yemen, actor and ambassador for the charity War Child, Thomas Sadoski, witnessed “the nightmarish effects” of terminal starvation on children, which include the inability even to …
UN Experts Urge Intensifying Efforts to Combat Smuggling of Iranian Arms to Houthis in Yemen
The members of the Panel of Experts on Yemen stressed the need to intensify efforts to combat the smuggling of weapons from Iran to the Houthi militias. Formed the United Nations Security Council, the …
Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Clash Over Oil, Yemen as Rift Grows
The two countries have diverged on several fronts, competing for foreign investment and influence in global oil markets and clashing on the direction of the Yemen war.
UN Falls Short of Aid Pledge to Yemen Despite Peace Efforts
At a high-level UN event, global donors pledged US$1.2 billion in aid operations to Yemen in 2023. Millions of Yemenis require humanitarian assistance.