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UN chief strongly urges Yemen’s warring parties to renew expiring truce
United Nations: The U.N. chief is strongly urging Yemen’s warring parties to not only renew but expand a truce that expires Sunday, saying it has brought the longest period of relative calm…
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UN steps up efforts to extend Yemen truce set to expire
Sanaa: The UN, through its special envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has stepped up diplomatic efforts to renew the existing truce between Yemen’s warring parties to prevent any resumption of the country’s…
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Yemeni govt receives UN proposal to extend truce for six months
Sanaa: The Yemeni government has received a proposal from the UN suggesting renewing the ongoing truce for additional six months, an official said here. The proposal from UN Special Envoy for Yemen…
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Yemen: 3 soldiers of pro-govt killed in clashes with Houthi fighters
Aden: At least three soldiers of Yemen’s joint pro-government forces were killed and 10 others injured in clashes with the Houthi fighters in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a…
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Yemen’s Houthi group rejects accusation of threatening ongoing truce
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has rejected the accusation that its recent military parade in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah has threatened the truce in Yemen, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV…
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Yemeni leader, UN chief discuss peace efforts in war- torn country
Sanaa: Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, has met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over peace efforts to end the civil war in Yemen, national Yemeni TV reported. The meeting…
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UN envoy submits proposal to prolong truce in Yemen
Aden: UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg said that he has submitted a proposal to the Yemeni warring factions to prolong the ongoing truce for a long period. “The UN is…
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Top Yemen official calls for new approach to handle civil war
Sanaa: Rashad al-Alimi, chief of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), has called on the international community to drastically change its long-standing approach to dealing with his country’s years-long civil war. Al-Alimi said…
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Yemeni FM calls for faster salvage of derelict oil tanker
New York: On the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Yemen’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak called for accelerating the UN-coordinated plan to prevent a massive…
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UN gets funds needed to salvage derelict oil tanker off Yemen
United Nations: The UN now has all the funds needed to start an emergency operation to prevent a massive oil spill from the derelict Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea off…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthi militia displays ‘home-made long-range’ missiles
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia displayed “home made long-range” ballistic missiles during a military parade here. According to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the militia held the parade on Wednesday to celebrate the eighth…
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Some hospitals in Yemen to close over to lack of funding
Sanaa: Hospitals and medical centres in some parts of Yemen are on the brink of closure due to a lack of funding, a government official said here. “A number of public hospitals…
- Middle East
UNSC calls for donations for Yemen oil tanker rescue
United Nations: Members of the UN Security Council made an unusual plea to help avoid a “catastrophic ecological, maritime, and humanitarian risk posed by the Safer tanker” off Yemen. In a statement…
- Middle East
Saudi: Man does Umrah ‘for the soul of Queen Elizabeth’, arrested
Riyadh: The Saudi Public Security Directorate announced on Tuesday, the arrest of a Yemeni resident in the courtyards of Makkah’s Grand Mosque, carrying a banner that reads, ‘Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth…
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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh man booked for travelling to Yemen
Hyderabad: A migrant worker from Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district was on Tuesday booked for travelling to Yemen. The man identified as Rajeshwar Kumar Dutt Kurmoju was booked by security officials at the…
