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Washington Signs Five-Year Assistance Agreement with Yemen

Washington Signs Five-Year Assistance Agreement with Yemen

The US on Sunday announced the signing of a five-year agreement to assist Yemen with its immediate needs and with advancing the internationally-rec…

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US strikes Houthi rebels in joint Yemen bombing with UK. How close are we to all-out war?

US strikes Houthi rebels in joint Yemen bombing with UK. How close are we to all-out war?

Coordinated U.S. and British bombings of Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen early Friday were in retaliation for weeks of attacks against cargo shi…

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Securing the Red Sea: A Global Response

Securing the Red Sea: A Global Response

The Houthis’ reckless and indiscriminate attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden are creating even worse food short…

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IMF chief highlights war-ravaged Yemen, Sudan amid global economic turmoil

IMF chief highlights war-ravaged Yemen, Sudan amid global economic turmoil

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday drew attention to the suffering in Yemen and Sudan, both plagued by civil wars a…

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Grundberg Urges Separation of Yemen Crisis from Regional Conflict

Grundberg Urges Separation of Yemen Crisis from Regional Conflict

While conflicts in Yemen and the wider region have become undeniably interlinked, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg strongly believes that it is owed…

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USD 112M Needed to Save Migrant Lives in Horn of Africa, Yemen and Southern Africa

USD 112M Needed to Save Migrant Lives in Horn of Africa, Yemen and Southern Africa

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), along with 48 other humanitarian and development organizations and governments, is urgently app…

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Food Insecurity in Yemen Reaches Highest Level, Warns UN

Food Insecurity in Yemen Reaches Highest Level, Warns UN

Statements attributed to a Houthi group leader denying that Yemenis in the militia-controlled areas lack access to adequate food, sparked anger acr…

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Egypt sentences murderer of Yemeni general to death

Egypt sentences murderer of Yemeni general to death

The court also sentenced one other defendant to life imprisonment, and two others to 15 years imprisonment, and acquitted another. The prel…

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Yemen : US Condemns Houthi issuance of a new "Fake" currency

Yemen : US Condemns Houthi issuance of a new "Fake" currency

United States condemned the Houthi rebels issuance of a new metallic currency in Yemen.  This moving is considered a threat to the fin…

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U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia, Oman

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia, Oman

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is traveling to Saudi Arabia and Oman this week to meet with partners to discuss the need for an immedi…

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Yemen : Fears of environmental disaster rise as ship sinks after Houthi attack

Yemen : Fears of environmental disaster rise as ship sinks after Houthi attack

A cargo ship sank in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants, taking about 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer down with it, posing a signific…

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Houthi attacks threaten Yemen peace efforts, warns UN special envoy

Houthi attacks threaten Yemen peace efforts, warns UN special envoy

The UN's special envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said on Thursday that the longer Houthi attacks in the Red Sea continue, the more challenging the…

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Zero-fail mission: Inside the US campaign to stop Red Sea attacks by Yemen’s Houthis

Zero-fail mission: Inside the US campaign to stop Red Sea attacks by Yemen’s Houthis

Early Wednesday morning, an alert was put out on the speakers of the Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier following the detection of a potential d…

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Russian, Chinese ships assured safe passage in Red Sea, Houthis claim

Russian, Chinese ships assured safe passage in Red Sea, Houthis claim

Yemen’s Houthis promised Russia and China that their ships would not be targeted as they transited the Red Sea, a senior figure from the grou…

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Yemeni Houthis' Indian Ocean threats face skepticism, raise concerns over weapons proliferation

Yemeni Houthis' Indian Ocean threats face skepticism, raise concerns over weapons proliferation

Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Houthi group, raised alarms earlier this month with his declaration of intent to disrupt maritime traf…

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Yemen : Kremlin says it’s unaware of Houthi security guarantees for Russian ships in Red Sea

Yemen : Kremlin says it’s unaware of Houthi security guarantees for Russian ships in Red Sea

The Kremlin said on Friday it was unaware of any security guarantees extended by Yemen’s Houthis toward Russian and Chinese cargo ships in th…

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US Says Yemen's Houthis Attacked Ships at Least 50 Times

US Says Yemen's Houthis Attacked Ships at Least 50 Times

The Houthis have attacked civilian and military ships sailing off Yemen's shores at least 50 times since their assaults began late last year, a sen…

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US blacklists tanker linked to Houthi financial supporter

US blacklists tanker linked to Houthi financial supporter

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has blacklisted a tanker for transferring oil linked to a Houthi financi…

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U.S. sanctions Houthi-linked vessel Lady Sofia

U.S. sanctions Houthi-linked vessel Lady Sofia

Continuing to try to stem the flow of Iranian funding to the Houthis, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…

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UN Special Envoy for Yemen holds meetings in Washington DC

UN Special Envoy for Yemen holds meetings in Washington DC

Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, held meetings with senior American officials in Washington DC today to discuss re…

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