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Yemeni govt welcomes peace talks with Houthis
Aden: The Yemeni government has announced it welcomed all initiatives aimed at putting an end to the country’s eight-year civil war, after a delegation of Houthi rebels arrived in Saudi Arabia for…
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Omani delegation arrives in Sanaa for truce talks with Houthis
Sanaa: An Omani delegation arrived in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa to persuade the Houthi group to resume a truce with the Yemeni government, media reported. The delegation will hold talks with Houthi…
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Explosion at gas station rocks Yemen’s capital
Sanaa: A massive explosion rocked a gas station in the Houthi-controlled Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, igniting a significant fire, reported by authorities and witnesses. The blast occurred at the Mufazer gas station,…
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Saudi Arabia denies allegations that border guards killed Ethiopian migrants
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has denied allegations of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants while they attempted to cross the Saudi-Yemeni border, Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
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‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Saudi border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers between March 2022 to June 2023, as they tried to enter the Kingdom from…
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Facing severe funding shortage for Yemen’s aid programs: WFP
Sanaa: The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an alarming warning that it is facing a major funding crisis threatening its vital food assistance programs in war-ravaged Yemen. Due to a massive…
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UN successfully transfers all oil off decaying Yemen tanker
Aden: The high-stakes oil transfer from a decaying tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been safely concluded, the UN announced, avoiding what the global body warned could have been a…
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Yemen: Decaying oil tanker rescue operation nearing completion
Sanaa: The Yemen government announced that the UN’s delicate operation to unload oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off the country’s western coast, is in its final stages.…
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Saudi Arabia to grant USD 1.2 billion economic support to Yemen
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Tuesday, August 1, announced the provision of economic support worth 1.2 billion dollars to Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. This support came under…
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Six Yemeni soldiers killed in al-Qaeda attack in Abyan province
Aden: At least six soldiers of Yemen’s government forces were killed in an attack carried out by al-Qaeda militants in the turbulent southern province of Abyan, a military official told media. “At…
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Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations
Riyadh: The Yemeni government has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its additional $8-million assistance in the salvage operations of the Safer tanker abandoned off Yemen’s western coast, media reported. According to…
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UN transfers oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster
Aden: A UN emergency team has started transferring crude oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s western coast as part of an urgent mission to avert a…
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Yemen: 11 passengers injured as storm shatters glass wall at Aden airport
Sanaa: In an unfortunate turn of events, Aden International Airport in Yemen on Monday was hit by a severe storm, accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds, damaging the facility and injuring…
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Yemen’s Houthi group says peace talks stalled over payment dispute with Saudi
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia said that peace talks with Saudi Arabia have been put on hold because of a dispute over the payment of the country civil servants in areas held by…
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Saudi Arabia spends over USD 18 billion on ‘visitor’ refugees in 12 years
Riyadh: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has spent a total of 18.6 billion dollars aid on visitor refugees within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 2011 until the…
