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UN says first day of Huthi withdrawal from Yemen ports went to plan
Middle East

UN says first day of Huthi withdrawal from Yemen ports went to plan

DUBAI (Reuters) – The first day of a withdrawal of forces by Yemen’s Huthi movement from three of Yemen’s Red…
Yemen government blasts rebel ‘deception’ over port pullout
Middle East

Yemen government blasts rebel ‘deception’ over port pullout

Yemen’s government on Sunday accused rebels of a “policy of deception” after they announced a pullout from a string of…
UN, Huthis say Yemen ports withdrawal to start on Saturday
Middle East

UN, Huthis say Yemen ports withdrawal to start on Saturday

GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Huthi group will on Saturday start to unilaterally redeploy forces out of three key ports, the…
Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
Middle East

Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO

Famine is on the rise in the Near East and North Africa with more than 52 million people undernourished, most…
Thousands of migrants rounded up in southern Yemen: IOM
Middle East

Thousands of migrants rounded up in southern Yemen: IOM

GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemeni authorities have rounded up about 3,000 irregular migrants, predominantly Ethiopians, in the south of the country,…
‘Spy vulture’ held in war-torn Yemen
Middle East

‘Spy vulture’ held in war-torn Yemen

Griffon vulture Nelson crossed into war-torn Yemen in search of food but ended up in the hands of Yemeni fighters…
Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis
Egypt

Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis

A team of three Arab journalists — among them Egyptian reporter Maggie Michael and Egyptian photographer Nariman El-Mofty — won…
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
World

Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO

Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year,…
Saudi Arabia and UAE give $200 million to Yemen for Ramadan
Middle East

Saudi Arabia and UAE give $200 million to Yemen for Ramadan

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will disburse $200 million in aid to Yemen, to…
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
Middle East

Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac…
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