UN envoy to Yemen says warring parties increasingly open to peace plan GENEVA: The UN envoy to Yemen believes his plan to end a four-month conflict that has triggered a humanitarian crisis in Yemen is increasingly gaining acceptance among the warring parties, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. UN-led talks in June... Women 04 Aug, 2015
Kerry warns US Congress scrapping Iran deal would mean path to nuclear weapon WASHINGTON: Secretary of State John Kerry intensified efforts on Tuesday to beat back criticism of the Iran nuclear deal and convince US lawmakers that rejecting it would give Tehran a fast track to a weapon and access to billions of dollars from... Women 29 Jul, 2015
Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen's Taiz killing 80 SANAA: The death toll from Saturday's Saudi-led airstrike on the central Yemeni city of Taiz rose to 80 people with at least 150 people injured, local medical sources said. The Houthi-controlled Saba news agency earlier on Saturday reported the... Women 26 Jul, 2015
Cult members jailed SHANGHAI: A court in China’s northeast Liaoning province has sentenced five members of a banned religious cult to prison for trying to spread rumours and recruit believers, state media reported on Saturday. China’s Communist Party, obsessed with... Women 26 Jul, 2015
At least 55 killed as Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen's Taiz -Saba SANAA: A Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen's Taiz killed at least 55 people and left tens injured, Houthi-controlled news agency Saba said on Saturday. A coalition of Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, has been bombarding Iran-allied Houthi forces in... Women 25 Jul, 2015
Saudi-backed forces seize Aden airport in sudden advance ADEN: Yemeni forces recaptured Aden's international airport and some city districts from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday, in a sudden advance after months of stalemate, the exiled government said. Yemenis on social media reported celebrations... Women 15 Jul, 2015
18-day negotiation yields landmark Iran nuclear accord Vienna, July 14 After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal today to curb Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions — an... Women 15 Jul, 2015
UN: civilian death toll in Yemen rises above 1,600 BERLIN: The United Nations says at least 142 civilians have been killed in Yemen over the past 10 days, sending the total civilian death toll in more than three months of violence above 1,600. Air strikes and ground fighting have continued despite a... Women 14 Jul, 2015
Draft nuclear deal calls for access to all Iranian sites - source VIENNA: UN inspectors would have access to all suspect Iranian sites, including military ones, under a draft nuclear deal that six major powers and Iran are working to finalize on Tuesday, a diplomatic source said. The person, who spoke on... Women 14 Jul, 2015
Saudi-led air raids in Yemen kill 21 two days into truce SANAA: Saudi-led air raids killed 21 civilians in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Monday morning, relatives of the victims and medics told Reuters, two days after the start of a United Nations-brokered humanitarian truce that Riyadh does not... Women 14 Jul, 2015
Saudi-led air strikes kill at least 10 people in Yemen SANAA: At least 10 people were killed in air strikes overnight in Yemen, relatives and medical sources said, as a Saudi-led coalition continued bombing the capital on Sunday in violation of a temporary humanitarian truce. The United... Women 12 Jul, 2015
Bombing and heavy fighting break Yemen truce - residents SANAA/ADEN: Saudi-led air strikes and heavy shelling between warring factions shook several cities in Yemen on Saturday, residents said, violating a United Nations humanitarian truce which took effect just before midnight. The UN-brokered pause... Women 12 Jul, 2015
