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Truce or not, landmines continue to kill civilians across Yemen

Since early April, a tenuous truce has brought a pause to the fighting between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen. However, truce or not, hundreds of civilians have been killed during this period by landmines placed by the rebels. One NGO, Project Masam, has been working frantically to remove…

France 24

Nearly 1 million people face starvation in hunger hotspots - U.N. agencies

Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday.

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Houthi Intransigence Foils Swap Deal for over 2,000 Prisoners

The Iran-backed Houthi militias have foiled prisoner exchange talks held recently in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Negotiations for a swap deal have lasted an entire week without any progress. “The government delegation was ready to exchange all for all to avoid selectivity,” Yemen's Deputy Human Rights Minister Majid Fadhail told…

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Floods Affect 150,000 Women in Yemen, 200,000 Others at Risk

Women and girls in Yemen suffer the harshest fallout from the severe funding shortfall of the Humanitarian Rapid Response Mechanism and the floods that struck most of the refugee camps in several governorates, recent UN reports revealed. Of the 4.3 million people displaced within Yemen, more than three-quarters are women…

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Blinken Lauds Alimi’s Efforts in Sustaining Yemen Truce

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has lauded the Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Dr.

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UN: Pledge goal reached for averting oil disaster off Yemen

The United Nations says it has finally reached a yearslong pledging goal to raise money to remove 1 million barrels of oil from a stranded and rusting oil supertanker off Yemen

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U.S. Secretary of State Blinken urges extension of Yemen truce

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Monday in New York and discussed the need to extend a U.N.-mediated truce by Oct. 2, the State Department said.

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Blinken to Meet Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman in New York

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet the Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi in New York on Monday, the State Department said on Sunday as world dignitaries arrive for the UN General Assembly. Blinken and Alimi had last met in July during US President…

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Blinken to meet Yemeni presidential leadership council chairman in New York

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet the Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Monday in New York, the State Department said on Sunday as world dignitaries arrive for the U.N. General Assembly.

Reuters

Yemen, UN, Netherlands Discuss Safer Tanker in Aden

A tripartite meeting between the Yemeni government, the UN, and the Netherlands was held in Aden to discuss the status of the FSO Safer tanker and efforts to initiate the implementation of the first phase of the UN plan to empty and maintain the tanker to avoid a global environmental…

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FAO Calls for Preparedness to Face Risks of Expected Floods in Yemen

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for unrelenting flood risk preparedness in Yemen. It strongly advised adopting integrated farming systems as the ravages of climate change continue to affect farming communities in the country. According to the UN body, agricultural systems that integrate crops, livestock, and…

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MPs accepted 'shameful' trips and gifts from states fighting in Yemen war

MPS have accepted £828,211 in the form of all-expenses-paid trips funded by states in a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen’s war since 2015,…

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In Yemen, Queen’s Death Recalls Memories of Colonial Past

In 1954, large crowds turned out for a historic visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Aden. At the time, this city on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was a colony of the British Empire and was one of the busiest and most important ports in the world. Now…

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In Yemen, Queen’s death recalls memories of colonial past

There are few remaining reminders that the Yemeni port city of Aden was once a British colony

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Yemeni Government Seeks to Raise Combat Forces Readiness

The Yemeni government has announced that it was working to raise the readiness of armed forces to confront outlaws and pursue terrorist elements. The decision was made during a cabinet meeting in the city of Aden amid a campaign led by security and military forces in separate areas of Abyan…

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Over the Course of Seven Years, KSrelief Provides Urgent Aid in 86 Countries

In an inauguration speech for the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on May 13, 2015, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said: “Our goal and mission will be to strive to make this Center based on the human dimension, away from any other motives, in cooperation with accredited international…

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French court hands Yemenia Airways maximum fine over 2009 crash

A Paris court has convicted Yemen's national airline of involuntary homicide and injuries over a 2009 crash that killed 152 of the people on board. The only survivor was a 12-year-old girl.

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In once flourishing Aden, Yemeni matriarch recalls British queen's visit

Kulthoom Muhammad Saeed was 12 years old when a young Queen Elizabeth visited Aden, then one of the world's busiest fueling ports and a strategic piece of Britain's crumbling global empire.

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Houthis Ignore Judges’ Strike in Sanaa, Take Measures Undermining Yemeni Judiciary

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi military leader, is pressing on with measures to undermine the judiciary in Yemen’s militia-run areas, showing total indifference towards a strike led by Yemeni judges over the kidnapping and killing of Judge Mohamed Homran. To date, most courts in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa are insisting…

Reuters

French court fines Yemenia Airways for 2009 crash

A French court on Wednesday said Yemenia Airways was guilty of involuntary homicide linked to a 2009 plane crash that killed 152, a court spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

French court to rule on Yemeni plane crash that killed 152

A French court is expected to issue a verdict in the trial of the Yemeni airline that operated a passenger plane that crashed in 2009, killing 152 people

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Gantz Presents Documents of Iranian Weapons Factories in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen

Security sources in Tel Aviv revealed that Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz carried with him to the United Nations headquarters in New York many documents on Iranian activity in the Middle East. Among the most prominent of these documents is a file containing photos and reports showing that Iran is…

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Yemen’s Alimi in Germany to Pressure Houthis, Garner Support

Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi traveled to Germany on Tuesday on an official visit aimed at intensifying pressure on the Iran-backed Houthi militias to accept peace. He is also seeking to garner support for Yemen’s economy and development, official sources said on Tuesday. Alimi’s visit will…

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Lenderking Intensifies Efforts to Expand Truce in Yemen

US Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking has intensified his meetings with Gulf, Saudi and Yemeni officials, with the aim to support the efforts of UN Envoy Hans Grundberg to consolidate the truce and launch a comprehensive political process. In this context, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef…

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Security Council Condemns Houthi Offensive, Demands Immediate Open of Taiz Roads

The UN Security Council has urged warring parties in Yemen to urgently intensify negotiations towards expanding their historic truce that could be translated into a "durable ceasefire," according to a UN statement issued on Monday.

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