A dozen UN international staffers leave Yemen after being released by Houthis

[Masam Project Completes Mine Clearance of Ancient Timna City in Yemen’s Shabwa

Shabwa — Saudi Arabia’s Masam Humanitarian Demining Project has announced the successful clearance of landmines from the ancient city of Timna, located in the Usaylan District of Shabwa Governorate, southern Yemen. The operation marks a major...

Huthi rebels in Yemen hold 20 UN staff members after raid on Sanaa office

Since Aug 31, 2025, 21 UN staff and 23 NGO workers have been detained in Yemen, the UN reportsArmed tribesmen, loyal to the Huthi rebels, brandish their weapons at a gathering in the capital Sanaa to mobilize more fighters to battlefronts to fight...

[Internal Displacement in Yemen Drops by 14%

Sana’a — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported a 14% decrease in internal displacement across Yemen last week, marking a modest but notable shift in population movement trends amid fluctuating security conditions....

The Gulf’s investment in global health is a contribution to regional stability

Across the Arab world, Gulf leadership has already saved hundreds of thousands of lives by supporting the fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. Yet the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious diseases is far from over. Since 2002,...

'War of Redemption': The real reason Netanyahu is renaming the Gaza war

A fierce political debate is raging in Israel over the name of the multi-front war that began with the bloody infiltration and massacre in southern Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023. It has since expanded to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and...

Iran ratifies law to join UN convention against terror financing

Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing, local media reported Wednesday It hopes it will lead to access to global banking, an easing of trade and relieving pressure on its sanctions-hit economy TEHRAN: Iran...

Iran joins UN anti-terrorism treaty in hope of easing economic sanctions

Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing, local media reported Wednesday, in hopes it will lead to access to global banking, an easing of trade and relieving pressure on its sanctions-hit economy. Iranian...

New Zealand: Workers need a socialist perspective to fight pay cuts, austerity and war

Thursday’s historic strike by 110,000 public sector workers across New Zealand reveals the mass opposition that exists in the working class to the National Party-led coalition government’s relentless assault on public services and its promotion of...

Yemen's Houthis release 20 detained UN employees accused of spying: UN envoy

SANAA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group on Monday released 20 United Nations staff members detained two days earlier in the capital Sanaa over allegations of spying for Israel, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said. "All fifteen...

KSrelief clears 1,190 explosives in Yemen

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) Masam Project removed 1,190 explosives across various regions of Yemen during the third week of October. The cleared explosives included 1,135 pieces of unexploded ordnance, 49...

Houthis release Yemeni UN staffers in Sanaa after weekend detention at offices

Houthi rebels released five Yemeni United Nations staff members, and allowed 15 international ones to move freely within the UN compound, after detaining them there in Sanaa over the weekend, a UN spokesperson said Monday (October 20, 2025)....

Houthis release 5 Yemeni UN staffers in Sanaa after weekend detention at offices

The Houthis have a long-running crackdown against the UN and others working in Yemen’s rebel-held areas, including capital Sanaa, the coastal city of Hodeida and rebel stronghold in the northern province Sadaa One mourner, Ayham Hassan, said...

[World Bank Report Warns Yemen Is on the Brink of Becoming the Poorest Country Globally

Aden — A newly released report by the World Bank has placed Yemen among the poorest countries in the world, warning that the war-torn nation is edging closer to becoming the poorest globally. The Poverty and Equity Assessment 2024, published...

Houthis release 20 UN staff from detention in Yemen

Yemen's Houthis have released a group of UN staff who were imprisoned inside their own compound after a rebel attack in Sanaa. Five Yemeni staff and 15 foreign UN workers had been held after Houthi militants stormed the compound on Saturday, in...

Supply chains stable despite Houthi Red Sea attacks, DP World COO says

ABU DHABI: DP World Global Chief Operating Officer Tiemen Meester said on Wednesday during an interview at the Reuters NEXT Gulf Summit in Abu Dhabi that supply chains are stable despite Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Yemen's Houthis have launched...

New Airstrip Emerges on Yemen’s Zuqar Island

A significant development has unfolded in the Red Sea as a 2,000-meter airstrip is under construction on Zuqar Island, located off Yemen’s coast. Satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press reveals that construction began in April, with...

Arab journalists union reaffirms support for Morocco’s territorial integrity in Laayoune meeting

The General Union of Arab Journalists reaffirmed its unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity during a landmark meeting held Sunday evening in Laayoune. In its final declaration, the union endorsed Morocco’s legitimate sovereignty...

UN Chief praises His Majesty Sultan Haitham for Oman’s role in resolving Yemen UN staff detention

MUSCAT — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his deep appreciation to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik for Oman’s vital humanitarian and diplomatic efforts that helped resolve the recent detention of several UN...

Israel’s Eilat port presses US and Egypt over Houthi Red Sea blockade

New imported cars are seen at a parking lot in the Eilat port, Israel, January 3, 2024. (Photo: Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90) Officials at Israel’s southernmost port in Eilat are calling for American and Egyptian intervention to pressure the...