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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...
UN staff member released from Houthi detention in Yemen, UN spokesperson says
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -A United Nations staff member who was recently detained by Yemen’s Houthi authorities has been released, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday. “We continue to urge the de facto authorities to immediately...
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...
'Talks Must Continue': India Envoy To UN Lauds Trump's Role In Gaza Ceasefire Deal
Last Updated:October 24, 2025, 04:37 IST India at UN lauds Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal, urges sustained talks, supports Palestinian rights, highlights aid to Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and peacekeeping roles in UNDOF and UNIFIL Permanent Representative...
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...
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...
Funding cuts and war threaten effort to wipe out polio
Nations divided by conflict face the greatest threat from a resurgent polio virus and a 30 per cent cut in global funding that could badly hamper efforts to eliminate the disease by the end of the decade. Wild polio remains endemic in Afghanistan...
Israel An Active Threat to Region: Iranian Spokesman
Speaking at his weekly press conference on Monday, Baqaei said there is no doubt among the regional countries that “the main threat comes from the Zionist regime.” He noted that Iran and the region are “in a real war with the Zionist regime,”...
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...
Mohammed bin Rashid crowns Tunisian twins Bisan and Baylasan Kouka as 2025 Arab Reading Champions
DUBAI (WAM) His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that a passion for reading is the true catalyst for human progress and a driving force behind community...
Continuing Interceptions of Houthi Contraband Cargoes Highlights Weaknesses
The recent increase in successful interdictions of cargoes being smuggled to the Houthis continues. A closed examination of the news appears to show the hand of Unit 190, the export logistics unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),...
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...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have raided a UN facility in the capital Sanaa but all staff are safe, a UN official says
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels 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 security forces...
Houthi rebels in Yemen detain 9 UN employees
CAIRO -- Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have detained nine employees of the United Nations as part of a long-running crackdown on the organization, the U.N. said. The detentions brings the number of detained U.N. workers in Houthi-held...
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula kills 4 Yemeni soldiers in complex suicide assault
The cover of AQAP’s Sada al Malahem magazine, from late 2024. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) attacked the headquarters of the 1st Support and Reinforcement Brigade in Abyan, a southern coastal governorate in Yemen, on October 21. The...
Houthis storm UN compound in Yemen's Sanaa
ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Members of Yemen's Houthi group stormed a United Nations compound in the capital Sanaa on Saturday, detaining several UN staff, said a Yemeni security official. The official, who requested anonymity, said 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,...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees and confiscate equipment
[Yemeni Pilot Arrested for Hijacking Civilian Plane to Sanaa Under Houthi Orders
Aden — Security authorities at Aden International Airport announced today the arrest of Captain Mohammed Abbas Al-Mutawakkil while he was attempting to travel to Cairo, after it was confirmed that he had been involved in hijacking a Yemeni...
Is UK government complicit in the destruction of Gaza?
Is the UK government complicit in the destruction of Gaza? That’s the assertion in the new book by journalist and polemicist Peter Oborne, with both Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak under fire for backing what he calls Israel’s “criminal assault”...