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Yemen to receive first batch of COVID vaccine in April or May
Moscow: Yemen expects to receive an initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines no earlier than in April or May, while the brand of the vaccine in question remains open, Dr Ali…
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Aden Airport resumes operation days after rocket attacks
Aden: The international airport in Yemen’s Aden resumed operations on Sunday, four days after a terrorist that killed 26 people and injured over 100. On Wednesday, rockets struck the airports…
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Blast at Aden airport kills 25, wounds 110: Yemeni officials
Sanaa: A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At…
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Yemen: Blast at Aden airport kills 22, wounds 50
Sanaa: A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At…
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Yemen welcomes new government with a bomb blast
Aden: A huge blast and gunfire were heard at Yemen’s Aden airport after a plane carrying the new government landed on Wednesday, Al Arabiya reported. The mortar shell attack on…
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Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi sites in Yemen
Sanaa: The Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government launched six airstrikes on Houthi positions in Marib province, a report said on Saturday. The report issued by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said…
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Masala King helps release 20 sailors confined in Yemen for last 10 months
Mumbai: A shipping crew including 14 Indians, five Bangladeshis and one Egyptian which has been confined in Yemen for the last ten months was at last released safely. Dr Dhananjay…
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Yemen’s Houthi militia attack Saudi Aramco facility
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia on Monday announced that launched a long-range missile towards a large Saudi Aramco oil facility in the city of Jeddah. “The attack targeted oil company Saudi…
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UN chief concerned over Yemen’s abandoned oil tanker
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” about the condition of an oil tanker moored off the western coast of Yemen, his spokesperson has said. Built-in 1974, the FSO…
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Heavy rains in Yemen destroyed Sana’s ancient homes
Sana: “Flash floods in Yemen, triggered by torrential rains, have killed at least 172 people, and damaged homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites across the country,” officials said. A government…
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War-torn Yemen reports first COVID-19 death
Sana’a: Yemen has recorded its first two coronavirus deaths, the health minister said late Wednesday, after the war-torn country confirmed five new cases, stoking fears of a major outbreak. Yemen’s…
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Yemen’s first COVID-19 case adds to worst humanitarian crisis
DUBAI: Yemen, which Friday announced its first coronavirus case, is wracked by a war which has killed tens of thousands and caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the…
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Saudi Arabia to help Yemen, Palestine combat COVID-19
Riyadh: At the tenth virtual meeting of an ad hoc committee – headed by the Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah…
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Yemen reports first coronavirus case
Dubai: Yemen on Friday reported its first case of coronavirus in a southern province under the control of the government, the supreme national emergency committee for COVID-19 said. Aid groups…
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Saudi officials announce Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic
Cairo: The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced Wednesday that its forces would begin a cease-fire starting Thursday, a step that could pave the way for…
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These 18 countries are free of COVID-19 spread
NEW DELHI: Since the first cases were identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, the novel coronavirus has spread to more than 190 countries. In less than a…
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Warring sides in Yemen back calls for coronavirus ceasefire
SANAA: All sides in Yemen’s long conflict offered support on Thursday for the United Nations’ call for a ceasefire to protect civilians from the novel coronavirus pandemic. The move came on…
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Hand-washing: A luxury millions of Yemenis can’t afford
AL HAJJA: Hand-washing to combat the spread of coronavirus is the order of the day, but it’s an unaffordable luxury for millions in war-ravaged Yemen where clean water is dangerously…
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31 people killed in Saudi-UAE- led military airstrikes in Yemen
Al-Jawf: At least 31 people were killed and 12 others were injured here in the al-Maslub district in airstrikes by the Saudi-UAE-led military coalition on Saturday. “Preliminary field reports indicate…
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Trump confirms killing of AQAP chief in Yemen
Washington: President Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday that the US had killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — days after the jihadist group claimed responsibility for a…
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More than 100 killed in Yemen missile, drone attack
Dubai: More than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in central Yemen, officials said Sunday. Saturday’s strike follows months…
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70 soldiers killed in Yemen missile attack
Sanaa: At least 70 soldiers were killed in a ballistic missile attack in Yemen’s Marib province, a government source said on Sunday. Dozens of soldiers were still suffering critical injuries…
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11 Yemen soldiers killed in rebel missile attack: source
Dubai: Eleven Yemeni soldiers were killed and more than 20 wounded on Tuesday in a rebel missile attack on a military camp housing government troops, a military source said. The…
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Blast hits military parade in Yemen
Al-Dhalea: A blast hit a military parade in Yemen’s southern town of Al-Dhalea, Sputnik reported. No casualties have been reported so far. No group or individual has claimed the responsibility…
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Red Cross to repatriate 128 Yemen rebels from Saudi Arabia
SANAA: The Red Cross in Sanaa said on Thursday it would repatriate from Saudi Arabia 128 Yemeni rebels, two days after a Saudi-led military coalition announced it would release 200…
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Yemen PM returns to Aden under deal with separatists
ADEN: Yemen’s prime minister on Monday flew back to the southern city of Aden under the terms of a peace deal with southern separatists who expelled the government from its…
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Riyadh has ‘open channel’ with Yemen rebels: Saudi official
Riyadh: Riyadh has an “open channel” with Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels with the goal of ending the country’s civil war, a Saudi official said Wednesday, weeks after the rebels offered to…
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Yemeni parties sign agreement to share power
Riyadh: The internationally-recognised Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council on Tuesday signed in an agreement in Riyadh to form a new government and share the power after the southern…
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Saudi takes command of coalition troops in Yemen’s Aden
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia took command of anti-rebel troops in Yemen’s Aden, Saudi state media said Sunday, after the government and southern separatist forces struck a power-sharing deal following August clashes…
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Over 5,000 children killed, injured in Yemen’s war: UNICEF
Sana’a [Yemen]: More than 5,000 children have been killed or injured, while over half a million have dropped out of school in Yemen since the war between the Yemeni government…
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