The United States expanded sanctions on Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and added Haitians, Yemenis and others to its blacklist Thursday (Friday in Manila) to mark International Human Rights Day. The US …
Fresh U.S. Sanctions Target Iranian Envoy To Yemen’s Huthi Rebels
The outgoing administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up its pressure on Iran by imposing sanctions on the country’s ambassador to Yemen’s Huthi rebels.
UN: Time Running Out to Avert Yemen Famine
As the World Food Program was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday for its work to eliminate hunger, its chief urged the world to prevent famine. For Yemen, time is running out. “My tragic duty …
Life “a waking nightmare” for 12 mln children in Yemen: UNICEF chief
Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said on Thursday that life is “a waking nightmare” for 12 million children in Yemen. “Yemen is teetering on the edge …
U.S. Blacklists Chechen Leader, Others in Russia, Haiti, Yemen for Rights Abuses
The United States on Thursday sanctioned alleged human rights abusers in Russia, Yemen and Haiti including Ramzan Kadyrov, who is the leader of Russia’s Muslim-majority Chechnya region and a close …
In Yemen, journalism can be a capital offence
Journalism should never be a crime, much less lead to the death penalty. To halt this potential tragedy, key international actors such as the United States and European countries, as well as countries …
A Nobel prize for feeding the world can’t erase the shame of Yemen’s starving children
I feel pride, but can’t shake my sense of failure that the World Food Programme’s media moment comes as hunger rages …
Iran sanctions US envoy to Yemen in retaliation for US blacklisting
Iran on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the US envoy to Yemen, a largely symbolic gesture that followed the Trump administration’s sanctioning of the Iranian ambassador to the Houthi rebels. Iran’s …
In Yemen, don’t make a tragedy worse
Iran Blacklists US Envoy to Yemen
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs imposed sanctions on US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Henzel for his key role in the Arab country’s humanitarian crisis.