Three educational programs for teenagers, rural residents and refugees won this year’s UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in Qufu, east China’s Shandong Province. The award-winners include: the …
‘We do our best’: fuel shortages make Yemen doctors’ lives even harder
Ghazaaly’s kidney dialysis machine often cuts out due to an escalating fuel shortage in the country’s north. When the electricity generator runs out of diesel, nurse Mohammed al-Hattamy turns the …
Yemen’s warring parties agree to their largest prisoner swap as U.N. seeks ceasefire
The U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen wants to build on Sunday’s announcement of the largest prisoner exchange agreement in the five-year conflict to pave the way for a national ceasefire and a political …
Yemen’s warring parties agree to large prisoner swap
Posted . The U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen says he wants to build on Sunday’s announcement of the largest prisoner …
Yemen warring sides agree to swap over 1,000 prisoners
The warring sides in Yemen’s long conflict have agreed to exchange 1,081 prisoners, the United Nations mediator said on Sunday following talks in Switzerland. The two sides have since undertaken …
UN: Yemen’s warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners
The United Nations said Yemen’s warring sides agreed Sunday to exchange more than 1,000 prisoners, marking the first phase of a release plan reached earlier this year. The U.N. mission in Yemen said …
U.S. launches new terrorism review of Iran-backed rebels in Yemen
A possible designation of the Houthi group as a terror organization would reinforce the U.S. campaign to pressure Tehran but could complicate aid and peace efforts.
Yemen Warring Parties Agree to Exchange 1,081 Prisoners: U.N. Envoy
Martin Griffiths, United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen speaks as he attends the closing plenary of the fourth meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the P …
3 Yemen soldiers killed in convoy attack
Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Saturday when an explosive device struck their convoy in the country’s restive east, a security official said. The official said …
Yemen prisoner swap agreed: govt, rebel sources
Both sides in Yemen’s war agreed to exchange more than 1,000 prisoners during UN-sponsored talks in Switzerland, sources from both sides said on Saturday. The government, supported by a Saudi-led …