The United Nations said Wednesday it has been forced to close or severely cut back half of its major programmes in Yemen to tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “We have a moral obligation to …
COVID-19 ravages an already desperate Yemen
I knew it was only a matter of time until the pandemic reached Yemen too. The first case was reported on April 10. Since then, COVID-19 has been spreading across the country. When the news was …
Classrooms under fire: Yemen’s warring parties launched 380 attacks impacting schools, report finds
A new report has found that the Saudi-led coalition, Houthi rebels, government forces and other factions in Yemen’s civil war have all occupied, used or attacked schools.
UN funding crisis cuts aid to Yemen as it slides near famine
Yemen is divided between Houthi rebels in the north and an … Get top headlines from the Union-Tribune in your inbox weekday mornings, including top news, local, sports, business, entertainment and …
Children forced to beg or work as hunger eclipses fear of Covid-19 in Yemen
Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA Families in Yemen are having to send their children out to work and to beg as concerns mount over rising food, water and petrol prices, a survey has found. Despite …
In a first, Oman’s sultan names foreign, finance ministers
For finance minister, Sultan Haitham named Sultan … Oman remains a key interlocutor between the West and Iran, as well as Yemen’s Houthi rebels, assisting in getting prisoners released in …
73 years of dependence
Does that mean that citizens of Syria, North Korea and Yemen are as independent as the … That may be an exception, but World Bank’s Doing Business indicators reveal that on average it takes …
In Yemen, Moms Sew Masks To Protect Their Kids And Their Community
COVID-19 is just the latest threat for families in Yemen facing a humanitarian crisis on multiple fronts. With support from UNICEF, a group of mother-to-mother educators are making their own PPE to …
11 Yemen soldiers killed in clashes and rebel attack
Fighting has carried on despite repeated calls for a ceasefire as part of global efforts to combat coronavirus.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen hails UAE’s support for ceasefire efforts
Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, discussed the ceasefire efforts and latest political developments in Yemen with UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, on …