Enjoy the MEI Art Gallery's latest exhibition Arab Pop Art: Between East and West at this week's Art Walk Dupont First Friday Open House from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The evening program includes an art talk at 6:30 pm featuring participating artist Marwan...
(MENAFN) Houthi rebels in Yemen have detained several United Nations staff members in the capital, Sanaa, according to UN spokesperson Jean Alam. The detentions took place on Sunday amid escalating tensions between the group and international...
(MENAFN) The United Nations (UN) announced on Wednesday that 12 of its international employees, who had been confined within a UN facility in Yemen, have left the capital city, Sanaa, aboard a UN Humanitarian Air Service aircraft. According to a...
(MENAFN) Houthi militants apprehended personnel from the United Nations in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sunday, according to UN spokesperson Jean Alam. This move follows earlier accusations from the group that humanitarian workers were engaging in...
(MENAFN) Iran has ratified a law joining the UN International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), local media reported Wednesday, aiming to improve access to global banking, ease trade, and alleviate pressure on its...
(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...
(MENAFN) A ship was struck by an “unknown projectile” east of Yemen’s Aden port, causing a fire, according to the UK maritime authorities on Saturday. The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency reported receiving notice of the incident, which...
QUESTIONS Mr Ang Wei Neng: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) how will Singapore support the 20-point peace plan for Gaza proposed by the United States; and (b) whether Singapore will consider playing a role in the peace plan if it is...
(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a strong condemnation of the arbitrary detention of additional United Nations staff members by Yemen’s Houthi group, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. According to...
(MENAFN) The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has issued a strong denunciation of the recent arbitrary arrests of additional UN workers by the Houthi movement in Yemen, according to a statement released Monday by his...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and the recently appointed UN official to lead on the issue of detentions, Muin Shreim, visited Oman and met with Omani officials and representatives of Ansar Allah (the Houthi...
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels, also known as Ansar Allah, have been defying the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel ever since they first emerged as a military force in 2004, protesting against the US invasion of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of...
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (Photo | AP)Dubai(United Arab Emirates)- An American airstrike in April on a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that killed over 60 detained African migrants should be investigated as a...
The head of Yemen’s national negotiating delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, met on Wednesday with the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to discuss the progress of the peace process in Yemen. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Abdulsalam...
“Government Media” in Gaza: Israeli enemy spreads misleading narratives & publishes incorrect names Gaza – Saba: The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip accused the Israeli enemy today, Wednesday, of promoting a misleading narrative and...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American airstrike in April on a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that killed over 60 detained African migrants should be investigated as a possible war crime, activists said Wednesday. The call by Amnesty...
Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Human rights organization Amnesty International said Wednesday that a U.S. airstrike that hit a Houthi detention center in Yemen in April should be investigated as a war crime. The April attack on Saada, in the northwestern part...
Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation into a US airstrike that struck a prison facility in Yemen’s Saada province in April, killing more than 60 detained African migrants. The rights group said the attack may amount to...
In Gaza, a fragile ceasefire comes with great uncertainty for the future. In Yemen, the Houthis are abducting humanitarian workers and journalists in a witch hunt for alleged spies. And in Syria, a new and unstable political landscape could go...
