• Yemeni rebels target Saudi airport with bomb-carrying drone

    Yemeni rebels target Saudi airport with bomb-carrying drone

    May 21, 2019 04:16 PM EST

    ... said there were "no U.S. personnel involved nor present at Najran" at the time of the attack. WATCH A PBS NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT: INSIDE YEMEN Last week, the Houthis launched a coordinated drone attack on a Saudi oil pipeline amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. Earlier ...

  • Trump's Yemen war policy survives Senate's bid to override veto

    Trump's Yemen war policy survives Senate's bid to override veto

    May 02, 2019 08:18 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday failed to overturn President Donald Trump's veto of legislation that would have ended U.S. military assistance for the Saudi-led war in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels, but lawmakers promised to keep close watch on the administration's ties with the kingdom ...

  • News Wrap: Trump vetoes congressional resolution over U.S. action in Yemen

    News Wrap: Trump vetoes congressional resolution over U.S. action in Yemen

    Apr 17, 2019 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump vetoed a congressional attempt to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen, saying the resolution would weaken his constitutional authority. Meanwhile, preliminary Indonesian election results indicate President Joko Widodo has won a second five-year term. The victory is perceived as ...

  • In Mozambique, Yemen and Venezuela crises, access for aid is hard to come by

    In Mozambique, Yemen and Venezuela crises, access for aid is hard to come by

    Apr 10, 2019 10:30 PM EST

    Mozambique’s official death toll from a deadly cyclone in March has topped 1,000. In the storm’s aftermath, survivors face lack of power, food and supplies, plus deadly outbreaks of diseases like cholera and malaria. Amna Nawaz talks to David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, about his organization's response to that catastrophe as...

  • Cholera surges again in war-ravaged Yemen

    Cholera surges again in war-ravaged Yemen

    Apr 05, 2019 02:27 PM EST

    Hardly anyone in Yemen has been vaccinated against cholera. U.N. officials have said agencies largely have been unable to bring in vaccines because of the difficulty in delivering them amid the conflict. The only vaccination campaign so far took place in a few districts in 2018 and covered 400 ...

  • House votes to end American support for Yemen war

    House votes to end American support for Yemen war

    Apr 04, 2019 03:59 PM EST

    ... starvation. The United Nations has called the situation in Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis. WATCH: Fighting, starvation and disease yield grim crisis in Yemen The top Republican on the committee, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, acknowledged the dire situation in Yemen for civilians, but spoke out in opposition ...

  • Senate votes to end U.S. support of Yemen war

    Senate votes to end U.S. support of Yemen war

    Mar 13, 2019 11:03 PM EST

    The Senate has voted to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's war in Yemen. The bipartisan vote Wednesday is another strong rebuke of President Donald Trump's support for Saudi Arabia, which has been a point of tension with Congress since the killing of journalist ...

  • American freed from captivity in Yemen, Trump announces

    American freed from captivity in Yemen, Trump announces

    Feb 25, 2019 11:06 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Monday that American citizen Danny Burch has been freed after 18 months of captivity in Yemen in what the State Department suggested was a rescue operation. In a statement, Trump thanked the United Arab Emirates for its role in reuniting Burch with his family. "Danny ...

  • House votes to withdraw U.S. involvement in Yemen fight

    House votes to withdraw U.S. involvement in Yemen fight

    Feb 14, 2019 12:53 AM EST

    ... American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU warned it gives the president broad authority to provide the Saudis and others with U.S. intelligence information about Yemen, and the group said the package, overall, is now weaker than originally proposed. Now the Yemen measure goes to the Senate, where a similar ...

  • News Wrap: House votes to limit U.S. involvement in Yemen

    News Wrap: House votes to limit U.S. involvement in Yemen

    Feb 13, 2019 11:45 PM EST

    In our news wrap Wednesday, the House rebuked President Trump by voting to limit U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen. The measure would end U.S. military assistance for a Saudi-led bombing campaign against Iranian-backed rebels. Plus, as President Trump seeks to up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the House Foreign Affairs Committee...