Houthi rebels raid Yemen UN site; all staff said safe

CAIRO -- Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday raided a U.N. facility in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, a U.N. official said, but all staff were reported to be safe. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, said Houthi...

Trump’s Assault On The UN Is Self-Defeating

There is no other way to describe how the Trump administration is treating the UN other than self-defeating and detrimental to the US’s national interests, while substantially eroding its influence worldwide. It is hard to fathom how on earth...

Saudi Arabia appoints Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as new grand mufti

Saudi Arabia’s status as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina means grand mufti’s pronouncements are closely watched. Published On 23 Oct 202523 Oct 2025 Saudi Arabia has named Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the country’s new grand...

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

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Twelve UN staffers leave Yemen after being detained in Sanaa compound

(MENAFN) The United Nations announced on Wednesday that 12 of its international staff members who had been held inside a UN compound in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, have departed the country on a UN Humanitarian Air Service flight. "Earlier today, 12...

Lowell High bars pro-Israel speaker invited by Jewish student club

Lowell High School has barred a Yemen-born activist and journalist from meeting with the campus’ Jewish club, claiming it was not given enough warning about his appearance. Luai Ahmed, who lives in Sweden, is an openly gay Muslim man who regularly...

12 UN staff leave Yemen after Houthi detention

SANAA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Twelve United Nations international staff detained last week by the Houthis in Yemen's capital Sanaa were released and flown out of the country early on Wednesday, said a statement from UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg's...

Yemen’s Houthi Raid a UN Facility but All Staff Are Reported Safe

The Iranian-backed Houthi militias on Saturday raided a UN facility in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, a UN official said, but all staff were reported to be safe. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, said Houthi militants...

Houthi Supporters Rally in Damascus Amid Rising Tensions

The sight of Houthi flags waving in Damascus signals a dramatic shift in Syria’s post-war political alignments and raises troubling questions about Iran’s expanding influence across the Arab world. The Unexpected Convergence For years, Syria and...

Houthis Intensify Control: Speaker Yahya Al-Ra’i House Arrested

The Houthis’ house arrest of their own parliament speaker reveals how yesterday’s freedom fighters have become today’s authoritarian rulers in Yemen’s fractured political landscape. The Irony of Revolutionary Power The placement of Yahya Al-Ra’i...

Yemen's Houthi rebels raid UN facility but all staff are reported safe

CAIRO — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday raided a U.N. facility in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, a U.N. official said, but all staff were reported to be safe. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, said Houthi...

Partial Release of United Nations Staff in Yemen Highlights Ongoing Crisis Amid Houthi Crackdown

HAMILTON, Canada — In a tentative step forward amid escalating tensions, the United Nations announced on Wednesday that 12 international staff members, previously confined to a UN compound in Yemen's capital Sanaa, have departed the country aboard...

Saudi Arabia appoints Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as kingdom’s new grand mufti

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 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,...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees and confiscate equipment

Iran to join UN's anti-terror group

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

Houthi rebels storm UN compound in Yemen's Sanaa, staff detained

Yemen's Houthi rebels stormed the United Nations compound in the capital Sanaa and detained staff on Saturday in the latest attack against humanitarian workers in the country. Houthi rebels storm UN compound in Yemen's Sanaa, staff...

Houthis raid a UN facility in Yemen’s capital, staff safe

Yemeni Houthis raided a United Nations facility in Yemen‘s capital of Sanaa on Saturday, but the staff there have been reported to be safe.A spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, Jean Alam, confirmed to the Associated Press that...

Yemen's Houthi rebels raid UN compound in Sanaa and detain staff

Yemen's Houthi rebels stormed the United Nations compound in the capital Sanaa and detained staff on Saturday, an agency official told The National, in the latest attack against humanitarian workers in the country. “We can confirm that there has...

Houthi rebels raid UN building in Yemen

Dozens of UN personnel have already been arrested in recent months in areas controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthis. (EPA Images pic) SANAA: Houthi rebels in Yemen raided a United Nations building on Saturday, a UN official told AFP, adding that...

Politikles cartoon was a clear hint at my country directly insulting us of ‘toasted cities’ and other atrocities in Ukraine

Dear Editor, I came here not long ago to serve Russia’s national interests and get Russia and Guyana closer to each other. In terms of diplomacy that means making Guyana even stronger by facilitating Russian-Guyanese relations in various fields,...