China urges all sides to prevent Yemen conflict expanding
BEIJING: China has urged all sides to prevent the Yemen conflict from expanding. During a briefing here on Saturday (13th Jan, 2024) the spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning…
UN warns against escalation in Red Sea
MANHATTAN: Following US-UK strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen, a day after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding that the Houthis cease attacking commercial vessels, a senior UN official…
US, British forces claim to shoot down 21 drones and missiles fired from Yemen
WASHINGTON: American and British forces claimed to shoot down 18 drones and three missiles Tuesday that were launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels toward international shipping lanes in the Red Sea,…
Huthi rebels kill 10 Yemen soldiers
DUBAI: Huthi rebels on Sunday (27th of August, 2023) killed 10 Yemen army soldiers from a southern separatist faction in a "surprise attack" after more than a year of relative…
880 landmines dismantled in Yemen
ADEN: A landmine clearance project in Yemen said Thursday (29th June, 2023) its teams had dismantled 880 landmines in the war-torn country during the third week of June. The Saudi…
85 dead in Yemen crush over $8 handout
SANAA: At least 85 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a Ramadan cash handout in Yemen early on Thursday. Three people were detained over the stampede…
FO on Saudi efforts for peace in Yemen
ISLAMABAD: FO on Monday (17th April, 2023) welcomed the recent dialogue and diplomatic engagement towards attainment of peace in Yemen. FO pointing towards the the Saudi role in reinforcing the…
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UN welcomes Saudi-Houthi talks
MANHATTAN: A UN Spokesperson has welcomed the talks between Saudi and Omani delegations with officials from the Houthi movement in Yemen’s capital Sana’a over the weekend, saying the move was…
US formally moves to end terror designation of Yemen Huthis
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally moved Friday to delist Yemen's Huthi rebels as terrorists, a short-lived step by the previous administration that humanitarian groups said jeopardized crucial…
COMSATS to facilitate setting a university up in Yemen
ISLAMABAD: Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) will facilitate the establishment of a university of science and technology in Yemen. Ambassador of the Republic…
UN slashes health care in Yemen due to lack of funding
SANAA: The United Nations said Wednesday that critical aid had been cut at 300 health centres across war-ravaged Yemen due to a lack of funding, with lifesaving food handouts also…
Yemen’s southern separatists withdraw from peace talks
DUBAI: Yemen's southern separatists said Wednesday they had withdrawn from talks over a Saudi-sponsored power-sharing deal with the internationally recognised government, in the latest setback for the troubled process. The…
UN chief voices concern over threat posed by stricken oil tanker off Yemen coast
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that time was running out to prevent a decaying tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen from dumping its load of 1.1…
Saudi bourse bleeds due to Houthi attacks on ARAMCO
Following the drone attacks carried out by Yemeni Houthi group on (State-owned) Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO)’s two plants a day earlier had reduced over half of Saudi crude output. According…
Muslim World League
MWL distributes 500,000 Ramadan food baskets to 28 needy countries
ISLAMABAD: The Muslim World League (MWL) has distributed more than 500,000 food baskets among the poor and the needy in 28 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe and said this…
Turkish Red Crescent brings iftar meals to Yemens Aden
Turkish Red Crescent brings iftar meals to Yemen’s Aden
ADEN: The Turkish Red Crescent is marking the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan by distributing iftar (breakfast) meals to poor families and refugees in Yemen's southern Aden province. Mustafa Aydin,…
Lifes a ball in Vienna as city tops world rankings for 10th year
Life’s a ball in Vienna as city tops world rankings for 10th year
PARIS: Vienna has been named the city with the best quality of life for a 10th consecutive year in a survey published Wednesday. The Austrian capital was one of eight…
UN chief heads to Washington to plug peacekeeping budget hole
UN chief heads to Washington to plug peacekeeping budget hole
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres heads to Washington on Wednesday for talks on the UN peacekeeping budget after the United States drilled a hole in the world body's finances…
US denies over 37000 visas due to travel ban
US denies over 37,000 visas due to travel ban: Data
WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department denied more than 37,000 visa applications in 2018 due to President Donald Trump's travel ban. The number of denials was up sharply from less than…
UN demands immediate pullback of forces from Yemen ports
UN demands immediate pullback of forces from Yemen ports
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Friday called on the warring parties in Yemen to immediately implement a deal to pull their forces out of three key ports and…
UN envoy leaves Yemen after cemented deal on troop withdrawal
SANAA: The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths left the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday after a one-day visit in which he cemented a peace deal reached in…
Yemen sides agree deal on first pullback
Yemen sides agree deal on first pullback: UN
UNITED NATIONS: Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hodeida, in a deal the United Nations…
UN warns of worsening Yemen crisis
UN warns of worsening Yemen crisis
UNITED NATIONS: The situation in war-torn Yemen, already facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, is getting even worse, the United Nations has warned. Since 2014, the Saudi-backed Yemeni…
EU Commission
EU may add Pakistan to its money laundering blacklist
LONDON: The European Commission has proposed to include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and other 17 countries to a list of countries with “strategic deficiencies in their anti-money…