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UN Antonio Guterres chief urges all parties in Yemen to cease hostilities

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all parties in Yemen to cease hostilities and pledged that the UN will continue to support them in implementing agreements signed since 2018

Heavy rains in Yemen making catastrophic humanitarian situation worse: UN

For the third time this year, torrential rains have lashed Yemen, making "an already catastrophic humanitarian situation even worse", a UN spokesman said

Arab Parliament condemns Houthi drone attack on Saudi Arabia airport

The Cairo-based Arab Parliament has condemned a drone attack launched by the Houthi militias on Saudi Arabia's Abha Airport

Coronavirus gives chance for peace, Saudi and Yemen rebels begin ceasefire

The Saudi-led coalition began a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen's long war on Thursday, saying it hoped the initiative to prevent coronavirus in the impoverished country would lead to a wider political solution. The Iran-backed Huthi rebels have not made any comment on the coalition's declaration of a two-week pause in the five-year conflict that took effect from 0900 GMT. If the ceasefire does hold, it would be the first breakthrough since the warring parties agreed to a UN-brokered ceasefire in the port city of Hodeida during talks in Sweden in late 2018. The United Arab Emirates, a key ally in the coalition which drew down its troops last year as the conflict became increasingly intractable, applauded the Saudi move as "wise and responsible". "Hope the Huthis rise to the occasion. The COVID-19 crisis eclipses everything -- the international community must step up efforts & work together to protect the Yemeni people," UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash ...

Yemen missile attack: 100 killed, 150 injured by Iran-backed Huthi rebels

The Huthis attacked a mosque in a military camp in the central province of Marib -- about 170 kilometres (105 miles) east of the capital Sanaa -- during evening prayers

Saudi-led coalition launches operations in Yemen against 'military targets'

On Thursday night, the coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Houthi group

Yemen's Houthi drones hit two Aramco plants, Saudis say fires contained

This comes as Aramco speeds up plans for IPO, amid regional tensions

Fragile States Index 2019: Check out the world's 10 most vulnerable nations

The Fragility States Index ranked 178 nations on four key parameters to identify the ones most vulnerable

Separatists gain ground in second Yemeni city, surround presidential palace

The force, known as the Security Belt, overran three military barracks belonging to unionist forces and were surrounding the presidential palace

Indian among 9 injured in Yemeni rebels attack on Saudi airport

All injured are stable and under treatment at hospitals, Colonel al-Maliki was quoted as saying by the state-owned Saudi Press Agency

Cluster bombs used in Yemen by Saudi-led coalition, says Amnesty

Conflict in Yemen has left more than 7,400 dead and 40,000 wounded since the coalition intervened

7 million people face starvation in conflict-ridden Yemen: UN

Seven million Yemenis do not know where their next meal will come from: UN

Yemen withdraws permit for US ground operations authorised by Trump

Yemen is angry because of civilian casualties incurred recently in the first commando raid by US

Over 100 reportedly killed in clashes in Yemen's west coast

Air strikes by coalition warplanes hit rebel supplies along the route between Mokha and Hodeida

Yemen troops attack al-Qaida, 26 dead on both sides

Pro-government forces attacked al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen today, killing 15 jihadis but losing 11 of their own troops, security officials said. The fighting began when troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition attacked an al-Qaida stronghold in the Marakasha mountains in Abyan province, east of the southern city of Aden. The area has long been a militant haven, attracting fighters in the 1990s returning from Afghanistan after fighting the Soviets. Al-Qaida later said in a statement circulated online that it had "ambushed" the troops and fought them off, the US-based SITE Intelligence Group said. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to reporters, said more than 60 military vehicles were involved in the operation, firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before they were repulsed. Yemen has been in the grip of a civil war since 2014, when Shiite Houthi rebels and allied forces swept down from the north a

Air strikes kill 6 in Yemen's Saada

On Sunday, the coalition air strikes killed five family members in Yemen's central province of Marib

Blast kills at least 52 outside Yemen military camp

The Islamic State group's Yemen-based affiliate claimed responsibility

49 die in Yemen suicide attack

Yemen, an impoverished Arab country, has been gripped by one of the most active regional Al Qaeda militancy in the Middle East

UN envoy asks for Yemen cease-fire extension

The war in Yemen began in 2014 when Shiite rebels seized the capital; swept across much of poor Arabian Peninsula country

UN announces 72-hour truce for Yemen

Announcement comes after Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi agreed to the ceasefire on Monday