Yemen
- India
Yemen’s leader hails ‘cooperative’ ties, ‘deep-rooted friendship’ with India
Riyadh: Yemen’s top leader Rashad Al-Alimi has praised the “cooperative” bilateral relations and “deep-rooted friendship” his country shares with India, in a meeting with the Indian envoy. Al-Alimi, who heads the Presidential…
- Middle East
Brother of murdered Yemeni renews calls for execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya
Sanaa: Abdul Fattah Mahdi, the brother of murdered Yemeni businessman Talal Abdo Mahdi, has renewed calls for the immediate execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of killing Mahdi in 2017. In…
- Middle East
Three Houthis killed as govt forces repel Houthi attack in Yemen
Aden: Yemeni government forces repelled a large-scale offensive by the Houthi group in southern Yemen’s Dhalea province and killed three Houthi militants during the confrontation, a military official told Xinhua. The official,…
- India
We continue to closely follow it: MEA on Nimisha Priya case
New Delhi: India on Friday, August 1, said it continues to render all possible assistance in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen. The Ministry of…
- India
Nimisha Priya’s death sentence stands, MEA denies reprieve reports
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), on Tuesday, July 29, denied reports that Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing a death sentence in Yemen, has been reprieved. The previous day, the…
- Middle East
Houthis declare all Israel-linked foreign ships as targets
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi armed group said in a statement that it will begin targeting “all foreign ships linked to Israel… regardless of their destination,” citing retaliation for what it called Israel’s “blockade…
- Opinions
Between justice and mercy: A Shariah perspective on Nimisha’s fate
Hyderabad: To err is human, to forgive divine. This timeless adage finds renewed relevance in the unfolding story of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen. As global campaigns gain…
- Middle East
Israel claims strike on Houthi facilities at Yemen’s Hodeidah port
Jerusalem: The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday, July 21, said it carried out airstrikes targeting what it described as Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. In…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for launching a new “hypersonic ballistic missile” attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israel’s defence systems. “The missile attack…
- India
From Nimisha Priya to others: Country-wise count of Indians on death row
Nimisha Priya is an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national. There are a total of 49 Indians on death row in eight countries. Country-wise…
- India
Nimisha Priya must be executed, says deceased’s brother
New Delhi: Abdelfattah Mehdi, brother of Talal Abdo Mehdi, who was allegedly murdered by Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in 2017, has asserted that there can be no pardon for the crime. He…
- India
Yemen postpones Indian nurse Nimisha Priya’s execution
New Delhi: The execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, sources said on Tuesday, July 15. It has been learnt that the…
- India
Nimisha Priya execution in Yemen: Nothing much we can do, Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Government of India is doing whatever is “utmost possible” in the matter pertaining to an Indian nurse, Nimisha Priya, who is facing execution for murder in Yemen on July…
- India
SC to hear plea to save Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed…
- India
Centre not taking steps for release of Nimisha Priya: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram: AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday claimed that the central government was not taking any steps to intervene with the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from the state…
