Flooding in Yemen has left 30 people dead and hundreds displaced, official says A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. World 08 Aug, 2024
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged in Yemen ADEN, YEMEN: In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen. Amid the... Women 08 Apr, 2019
UN rushes aid to hunger-stricken Yemeni district CAIRO: The United Nations and individual donors are rushing food to a desperate corner of northern Yemen where starving villagers were found to be living off leaves. Aid officials are searching for ways to ensure aid reaches those in need... Women 25 Sep, 2018
At least 21 civilians killed in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen SANAA: At least 21 civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen on Saturday, residents said on Sunday, as fighting intensified in the country before the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast. They said at least... Women 11 Sep, 2016
Airstrike hits aid group's hospital in Yemen, 11 killed SANAA, YEMEN: An airstrike hit a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in northern Yemen on Monday, the international humanitarian group said, killing at least 11 people and wounding at least 19 others. The group, known by the French acronym... Women 16 Aug, 2016
UN: civilian death toll from Yemen fighting nears 2,800 BERLIN: The United Nations says the civilian death toll from nine months of fighting in Yemen has reached nearly 2,800 after at least 81 people were killed in December. The UN human rights office said Tuesday another 109 civilians were wounded... Women 05 Jan, 2016
UN announces end of Yemen peace talks GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) says peace talks between warring sides in Yemen have ended amid severe new fighting in the country. The UN office in Geneva says the special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, will hold a press conference... Women 20 Dec, 2015
Fierce fighting in northern Yemen kills at least 75 SANAA, YEMEN: Fierce fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded northern Yemen on Saturday, as the two main parties in the country's conflict continued to violate a ceasefire agreement and undermine already tenuous peace talks in... Women 20 Dec, 2015
Air strikes kill 15 civilians in Yemen, hours before truce DUBAI: Air strikes by an Arab coalition targeting Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed at least 15 people late on Monday, residents said, hours before a ceasefire was due to take effect to pave the way for UN-sponsored peace talks in... Women 15 Dec, 2015
Saudi-led air strikes kill 19 Yemeni civilians: residents DUBAI: Saudi-led air strikes killed 19 Yemeni civilians in bombings of homes and a market on Sunday, residents said, a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is set to start ahead of peace talks to end eight months of war. Villagers in al-Hajawara... Women 13 Dec, 2015
Helicopter attack kills 30 civilians in Yemen village: residents, medics SANAA: Residents and medics said air strikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, but Saudi authorities dismissed the accounts as "totally false". Apache helicopters fired rockets at the... Women 28 Sep, 2015
Thickening haze dampens swing of Singapore festivities SINGAPORE: A thickening, smoky haze cast a shadow over festivities in Singapore on Thursday, as Muslims headed to mosques to celebrate the culmination of the annual hajj pilgrimage and Chinese readied for a traditional harvest festival. As many... Women 24 Sep, 2015
