The United Nations held an unusual session Wednesday to express fears of “catastrophe” if a decaying oil tanker abandoned off Yemen’s coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board ruptures into the …
UN Warns of Environmental Time Bomb Off Yemen’s Coast
The United Nations warned Wednesday that an old, neglected oil tanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast is at risk of causing an environmental “catastrophe” if its experts cannot immediately attend to …
Air strikes kill civilians in Yemen’s al-Jawf province
Air raids by Saudi-led coalition hit residential homes in northern al-Hazm district, killing women and children.
UN says migrants in Yemen stranded, abused amid coronavirus fears
At least 14,500 African migrants, mostly Ethiopians, blamed for the coronavirus, rounded up and forcibly moved.
UN: Migrants in Yemen are blamed for virus, stranded, abused
Over the course of Yemen’s civil war, African migrants determined to reach oil-rich Saudi Arabia have endured unspeakable cruelties – torture, rape, detention, extortion – …
COVID-19 Increases Risks for Tens of Thousands of Ethiopian Migrants Stranded in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration said tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen are in fear for their lives as COVID-19 spreads throughout the country and …
The Latest: Yemen’s Houthi rebels ease virus restrictions
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are easing a variety of coronavirus restrictions amid a news blackout on the virus’ toll in their territory.
Yemen war: Tortured for supporting the ‘wrong’ side
They are just a handful of those left in anguish by some of the hundreds of forced disappearances of their loved ones in Yemen, a country in which rebels and pro-government forces have been at war …
War, starvation, disease… now Covid-19: Yemen ‘haunted by death’ as coronavirus cases climb
According to the Houthi rebels controlling swathes of northern Yemen, the coronavirus has not taken hold and there are almost no deaths. People gather at mass graves in Taiz, where victims of Covid-19 …
Alleged breaches of international law by Saudi forces in Yemen exceed 500
UK government figures revealed days after it justified resuming arms sales because incidents were isolated …