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Yemen: 23 Indians Rescued After Fire Erupts On LPG Tanker Off Gulf Of Aden

Gulf of Aden [Yemen], October 20 (ANI): A total of 23 Indian crew members have been rescued after a fire broke out onboard the Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker MV Falcon, following an explosion, off the coast of Aden, Yemen. The incident took place on...

[Reports Reveal Widespread Houthi Violations Against Mosques and Religious Figures in Yemen

Sana’a — Human rights organizations have released alarming reports documenting extensive violations committed by the Houthi movement against mosques, religious scholars, and worshippers across northern Yemen. The findings point to a systematic...

[China Signals Readiness to Support Yemen’s Security Capacity Through Strategic Cooperation

Sana’a — China has expressed its readiness to support Yemen in strengthening its internal security capabilities, as part of a broader effort to deepen bilateral cooperation and promote regional stability. The announcement follows high-level...

[Philippine Gov't Confirms Arrival of Filipino Sailor’s Remains Killed in Houthi Missile Attack in Gulf of Aden

Aden — The Philippine government has confirmed the arrival of the remains of a Filipino sailor who was killed in a Houthi missile strike targeting a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden earlier this month. The sailor was part of the crew aboard...

Houthi rebels enter UN compound in Sana’a

Cairo, Oct 19, (dpa/GNA) – Fighters from the Houthi militia in Yemen have invaded the United Nations compound in the capital Sana’a, according to the UN. “We can confirm that there has been an unauthorized entry … into the UN compound in Sana’a,...

Americans Shouldn’t Die for Qatar (or Saudi Arabia) 

During his first term, President Donald Trump unashamedly put Israel first. An important part of that policy was the so-called Abraham Accords, by which Washington paid Arab and other Muslim governments to recognize Israel. The American people...

Houthis say they detained 20 US employees, including 15 foreigners, in Sana

DUBAI, October 19. /TASS/. The Houthis from Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, which controls around a third of the country’s territory, have detained twenty UN employees, including 15 foreign citizens, in the capital city of Sana, a Houthi...

[Yemen intensifies crackdown on smuggling networks

Aden — Yemeni authorities have escalated operations against smuggling networks operating across the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, as regional tensions and illicit trafficking continue to destabilize the country’s fragile security landscape. In a major...

UN condemns detention of 20 staff by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

The United Nations says twenty of its staff members, including fifteen foreigners, remain detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen after fighters stormed a UN compound in the capital, Sanaa, over the weekend. The UN confirmed that the raid took place on...

The Darién Gap Straddling Panama and Colombia is a Mass Migrant Graveyard that Exemplifies Injustice of Today’s Global Economy

[Source: greenmatters.com] MAGA warnings of an enemy invasion through the gap helps justify cruel policies targeting vulnerable people who have been victimized by U.S. foreign policy Known in Spanish as Tapón del Darién, the Darién Gap is a...

Letter to the Editor: The inherent politics of memorialization

Memory is not apolitical, violence does not exist in a vacuum, and there is no honest way to examine and memorialize an event like the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and not consider them within the context of the world that preceded and followed them....

Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026

Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

Yemen's Houthis detaining 20 staff, including 15 foreigners, UN Says

Sana'a -- "Five national staff and fifteen international staff remain detained within the compound," said Jean Alam, spokesman for the UN resident coordinator. He said the rebels released another 11 UN staffers after questioning. He said the UN...

Yemen’s Houthis detain 20 UN staff in latest raid

Yemen’s Houthi authorities have detained about two dozen United Nations employees after raiding another UN-run facility in the capital Sanaa, the UN has confirmed. Jean Alam, spokesperson for the UN’s resident coordinator in Yemen, said staff were...

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees, confiscate equipment

Houthi supporters hold a poster of Maj. Gen. Muhammad Abdul Karim al-Ghamari, who died of wounds he suffered after an Israeli attack, during an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen. File | Photo Credit: AP Iranian-backed Houthi rebels...

Saudi Arabia Appoints Kingdom’s New Grand Mufti

Dubai~ Saudi Arabia appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar late Wednesday as the country’s new grand mufti, the kingdom’s top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, 90, took over the position, the state-run Saudi Press...

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 20 U.N. employees and confiscate equipment

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained two dozen U.N. employees Sunday, a day after they raided another U.N. facility in the capital Sanaa, a U.N. official said. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, told The...

Teenager dies during Jerusalem protest

A mass ultra-Orthodox Jewish rally against military conscription turned deadly in Jerusalem on Thursday, when a teenage boy fell to his death during the demonstration which had shut down the main entrance to the city. Packed crowds of mostly men...

Houthis Detain Dozens of UN Staff in Sana’a, Seize Equipment at UN Sites

Iran-backed Houthi forces detained at least two dozen United Nations employees on Sunday in Sana’a, Yemen, after entering a UN compound and seizing communications equipment, UN officials said. The detentions—carried out in the southwestern Hada...