Yemen

A total of 130 irregular migrants pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek forces were rescued on Saturday by the Turkish Coast Guard off the coasts of western...

At least five Yemeni soldiers were killed in armed clashes with Al-Qaeda militants yesterday in the southern province of Abyan. The slain were said to be fighters loyal to...

Saudi Arabia has approved a $1.2 billion grant to Yemen's internationally-recognised government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), as part of efforts to prop up the war-torn country's...

The UN World Food Program (WFP) has decided to suspend its malnutrition prevention program in Yemen in August, citing "critical funding shortfalls" as a major reason, Anadolu Agency reports....

The UK announced on Friday a $205 million grant to support Yemen's health, nutrition and water sector. This came in a statement published by the British Foreign Office on...

Yemen's Houthi-led government has imposed gender segregation at Sanaa University's Mass Communication College, according to a report yesterday by Saudi outlet Arab News. The policy is part of a...

The UN has started removing oil from a decaying tanker, the FSO Safer, off the coast of Yemen today, after years of dispute between the country's warring factions on how...

Yemeni authorities have arrested two suspects yesterday in connection to the murder of a senior UN World Food Program (WFP) official the day before in the southwestern province of...

A spike in grain prices since Russia quit a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain "potentially threatens hunger and worse for millions of people," the...

An operation to start removing some 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen's coast could start by the end of the week, the United...

Germany will not deliver Eurofighter combat aircraft to Saudi Arabia in the near future, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said on Wednesday, after a newspaper quoted a government document as...

The internationally-recognised Yemeni government has threatened to shut down Sanaa International Airport, just two months after the first commercial flight departed from the capital in six years. Last month also saw...

The UN said, on Monday, that a ship-to-ship transfer of over a million barrels of crude oil from a decaying vessel off the coast of war-torn Yemen will start...

The Yemeni government said Saturday that specialised teams have completed an unloading mission of an oil tanker that ran aground in eastern Yemen, reports Anadolu Agency. The official Saba...

Yemen's Houthi movement, which controls the country's north, has banned Swedish imports in protest against the burning of the Quran in Stockholm, the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, reports...

Two gunmen yesterday assassinated an official of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform Party, known as Al-Islah, in the coastal city of Mokha. Quoting a local source, Anadolu reported that...

Russia, on Tuesday, restated a demand for its state agricultural bank to be reconnected to the global SWIFT payments system and said it would not accept a reported compromise...

Somali refugees, who fled the war at home and sought refuge in Yemen, are struggling to survive under very difficult conditions, Anadolu Agency reports. These refugees lack access to...

Saudi Arabia is planning to establish a new administrative body in the southern port city of Aden, the interim capital for the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC). According to...

The Ansar Allah Houthi group has threatened to launch an open war on Friday if the existing state of calm in Yemen ends. According to Al-Masirah television channel, speaking...

The Turkish Red Crescent on Wednesday began distributing meat to 3,000 families in four Yemeni provinces on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, reports Anadolu...

Yemeni people, on Tuesday, expressed their gratitude toward Turkiye after suffering from the ongoing civil war and drought in their country, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkiye has been providing unwavering...

Saudi Arabia has launched development projects worth 1.2 billion Saudi riyals ($320 million) in Yemen's Hadramout region, a Yemeni official announced yesterday, Anadolu news agency reported. The Undersecretary of the Yemeni...

Saudi Arabia has executed two Yemeni nationals over terrorism charges, according to the country's interior ministry, Anadolu reports. A ministry statement said the pair – Abdulrahman Fares Amer al-Marri...

The ongoing blockade due to conflict in Yemen is causing a significant financial loss to rural farmers who are unable to sell their livestock due to restricted market access,...

The UN issued a flood warning for Yemen yesterday, in advance of heavy rain forecast for next week, Anadolu has reported. The warning came from the UN Food and...

Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abollahian, held talks with chief Houthi negotiator, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, in the Omani capital, Muscat, Anadolu Agency reports. Talks between the two sides covered the latest...

A delegation from the Houthi movement has left Sana'a to perform the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, for the first time since the start of the war in Yemen,...

This is the first commercial flight from Sanaa airport to Saudi Arabia directly since its closure in 2016

Representative of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine (IJP) Ahmed Baraka met on Friday with Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, leader of the Shia militia controlling Yemen, and thanked Yemenis for their support...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, will visit Tehran on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Thursday, Reuters reports. He is set to meet with...

Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to data published...