Yemen
Attacks on Yemen could open Middle East’s pandora’s box
The US and UK strikes in Yemen have only aggravated the possibility of large-scale conflict in the already volatile Middle East.
Analysis / Yemen attacks not seen drawing Iran directly into war
Iraqi militias responded with new threats against US interests, while Washington declared the Gulf state Bahrain among allies that supported the operation, risking the ire of the Houthis who have a powerful arsenal of drones and missiles.
'7 killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital'
A hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike Tuesday killing seven people and wounding eight others, Save the Children said.
Suspected cholera cases spikes in Yemen in 2019: UN
Nearly 110,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in war-hit Yemen since the beginning of January, including 190 related deaths, the UN says.
29 kids killed in Yemen air strike
A strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children yesterday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the attack.
39 combatants killed outside Yemen's Hodeida
Heavy clashes kill 39 combatants outside Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida, as a Saudi and UAE-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub entered its second day.
5 dead, 40 missing in Yemen's Socotra after cyclone
Five people are killed and at least 40 missing on the Yemeni island of Socotra as Cyclone Mekunu pummelled the area before making its way to the Arabian Peninsula's southern coast.
Rebels kill Yemen’s strongman Saleh as alliance collapses
Yemeni rebels have killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s former president and strongman, as their forces battled for control of the capital, Sanaa, officials say. The collapse of their alliance throws Yemen’s nearly 3-year-old civil war into unpredictable new chaos.
UN warns if no Yemen aid access, world will see largest famine in decades
United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock warns that if a Saudi-led military coalition did not allow humanitarian aid access to Yemen then it would cause "the largest famine the world has seen for many decades with millions of victims."
At least 56 dead as smugglers throw 300 African migrants into Yemen sea
Some 180 young Ethiopian and Somali migrants, many weakened by hunger and drought in their home countries, are forced from a boat into rough seas off Yemen by smugglers and 56 are presumed drowned, the UN migration agency says.
Should America intervene in Yemen?
While Americans are engrossed in Donald Trump's vulgar and offensive comments on women, and allegations about his sexual misconduct with multiple women in the past, seemingly the US Administration is busy teaching the pro-Iranian Houthi rebels a lesson.
Saudi Arabia criticizes UN over Yemen blacklisting
Saudi Arabia rejects a United Nations report that criticized the military coalition it is leading in Yemen, saying it is based primarily on information supplied by its adversaries.
Guantanamo Bay: Nine Yemenis released to Saudi Arabia
Nine Yemeni prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba have arrived in Saudi Arabia after being transferred, US officials say.
Iran accuses Saudi of bombing embassy in Yemen
Saudi warplanes "deliberately" strike Iran's embassy in Yemen in an air raid that wounds staff, Tehran says as tensions between the two regional powers mount.
Bin Laden's former bodyguard Nasser al-Bahri dies
Nasser al-Bahri - Osama Bin Laden's former bodyguard - has died after a long illness, medical sources in Yemen have told the BBC.
Fierce fighting in northern Yemen kills 75
Fierce fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded northern Yemen, as the two main parties in the country's conflict continued to violate a ceasefire agreement and undermine already tenuous peace talks in Switzerland.
Cyclone Megh batters Yemeni island
A second extremely rare and powerful tropical cyclone hits Yemen's Socotra island in the space of a week.
Saudi Arabia hajj disaster death toll at least 2,177
The crush and stampede that struck the hajj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,177 pilgrims, a new Associated Press tally showed on Monday.
Saudi-led strike 'hits wrong troops' in Yemen
The Saudi-led air coalition targeting Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen mistakenly hits a pro-government position, killing at least 20 troops, security officials and witnesses say.
