UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has added landmarks of the ancient Kingdom of Saba in Yemen and the futuristic Rachid Karameh International Fair in Tripoli, Lebanon to the danger list …
UNESCO Lists Yemen, Lebanon Sites As World Heritage In Danger
PARIS – The United Nations on Wednesday inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on i …
An urgent appeal to the shipping community: help the UN avert catastrophe in Yemen
War-torn Yemen could soon face environmental degradation of a degree as large as any witnessed in recent decades. Shipping will not be to blame. But collective intervention from shipping is the last b …
Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO endangered list
An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park were added Wednesday to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from The Middle East. The seven major …
Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO world heritage list
An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park were added Wednesday to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from The Middle East. The seven major …
US offers $15m reward for information on IRGC’s financial networks
The US State Department has offered up to $15 million for information on the financial networks of Iran’s (IRGC). It follows a weapons raid earlier this month on a fishing boat bound for Yemen in the …
WHO seeks $2.5 billion to battle health emergencies
GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday launched a funding appeal for $2.54 billion to help people facing health emergencies across the world including in conflicts in Yemen …
WHO seeks $2.5 billion to battle health emergencies
GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday launched a funding appeal for $2.54 billion to help people facing health emergencies across the world including in conflicts in Yemen …
Yemen’s Fragile Truce Needs More than Talks to Survive
It has spilled over Yemen’s borders, with Houthi missile and rocket strikes against critical oil infrastructure and other civilian targets in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It has also put …
Bomb blast injures 6 soldiers in Yemen’s Shabwa
Six soldiers were wounded in a bomb explosion in southern Yemen’s Shabwa province on Saturday, according to a local official. The blast targeted a military vehicle of the Southern Transitional Council …