Mar 10 Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties with China’s help after years of hostility By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions. Continue reading
Feb 27 UN raises $1.2 billion for Yemen humanitarian crisis, far below its 2023 target By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The United Nations has raised $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid pledges for Yemen at a conference aimed at helping millions of people in the war-stricken country. Continue reading
Jan 11 Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A new report has found that weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year. Continue reading
Oct 19 Yemeni children starve as fears of renewed fighting loom By Samy Magdy, Anwar Salem, Associated Press Starvation has threatened Yemen's children for years. Now, as civil war threatens to escalate after months of a tenuous truce, there are fears that things could get worse. Continue reading
Oct 14 Expired drug kills 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen By Associated Press Yemen’s ruinous conflict, now entering its eighth year, has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and killed in excess of 150,000 people. Continue reading
Sep 28 UN envoy says risk of war in Yemen is ‘real’ By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The U.N. envoy for Yemen has warned that the risk of a return to fighting in the country "is real" and urged warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current cease-fire due to expire next month. Continue reading
Sep 17 In Yemen, Queen Elizabeth’s death recalls memories of Britain’s colonial rule By Alaa Noman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press In Aden, now the second largest city in Yemen, many remember colonial rule as a time of oppression that entrenched some of the problems still plaguing the city and the country, which has been devastated by civil war since 2014. Continue reading
Jul 24 Flash flooding leaves at least 9 dead in Yemen including several children By Associated Press The casualties were reported in the capital of Sanaa and the southwestern province of Dhamar, where it began raining late last week, the Houthi-run Sanaa Radio said. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 6:31 News Wrap: Uvalde children’s 911 calls weren’t relayed to police commander, lawmaker says In our news wrap: a Texas state senator said panicked 911 calls from children in Uvalde never got to the police commander at the scene of last week's school attack, President Zelenskyy says Russia controls one-fifth of Ukraine, a truce… Continue watching
Apr 18 U.N. says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to stop using child soldiers By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The Houthis signed what the U.N. describes as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking schools and hospitals. Continue reading