Yemen
A timeline of Yemen’s brutal seven-year conflict
In Yemen, Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels agreed on Thursday to renew a two-month truce that has offered some respite after seven...
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Timeline of Yemen's brutal seven-year conflict
The conflict has left about 380,000 people dead, according to the UN, either directly in the fighting or as a result of famine and disease.
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Yemen rebels propose truce, peace talks: Saudi official
The comments come a day after a wave of drone-and-missile attacks against Saudi targets including an oil facility in Jeddah, sparking a huge fire as Formula One practice sessions took place nearby.
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Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short
The UN and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Air strike on Yemen prison leaves at least 70 dead
At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation that drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres.
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World Bank grants war-torn Yemen $150 mn for food, water, healthcare
Yemen's conflict flared in 2014 when Huthi insurgents seized the capital Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention to prop up the government the following year.
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Rebels turn to poetry in battle for Yemeni hearts
In the hands of the Huthi rebels who control the capital Sanaa and most of the north, they have become a vehicle for martial music and propaganda against the government's Gulf Arab and Western supporters.
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Five things to know about Yemen's devastating war
Here are some facts on the Arabian Peninsula's poorest and most dangerous country.
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MPs flay Denel for supplying weapons in Yemen conflict
Scopa member Sakhumzi Somyo has also questioned Denel on how much it made from Yemen arms sales.
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Yemen rocked by heavy clashes amid stark UN starvation warning
The country is engulfed in a bloody power struggle that erupted in 2014 between its government, supported by Saudi Arabia, and Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who control the capital Sanaa and most of the north.
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Biden pulls Yemen war support, welcomes refugees in US reset
In his first major speech on foreign affairs as president, Biden also froze former president Donald Trump's plans to redeploy troops from Germany and vowed a tough approach against what he described as a rising authoritarian threat from China and Russia.
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Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as government plane arrives
Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources told AFP in the southern city, with the casuality toll feared likely to rise.
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Struggling artists bring smiles in war-weary Yemen
Before the war, Yemen had a small but budding film and theatre industry but there were only a handful of makeshift cinemas that showed old films, while often cultural centres or schools provided the backdrop for plays that spoke of politics or significant moments in Yemeni history.
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Yemen in 'imminent danger' of world's worst famine in decades: UN
The country has endured a five year war between Iranian-backed Huthi rebels and government forces.
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UN warns of alarming rise of hunger in war-torn Yemen
Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now the novel coronavirus were creating a perfect storm for the expected sharp rise in food insecurity, according to a report by several UN agencies.
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UN chief deplores lack of ceasefire during virus
Since the call by Antonio Guterres in March for ceasefires, announcements backing the end of fighting have been made in countries including Afghanistan, the Philippines and Cameroon, but conflicts have continued to rage in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere.
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Yemen rebels sentence four journalists to death
Amnesty International says the Huthis have been holding 10 journalists in detention since 2015.
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Saudi-led coalition declares 2-week coronavirus ceasefire in Yemen
The unilateral ceasefire follows an escalation in fighting between the warring parties despite a call by the United Nations for an immediate cessation to protect civilians in the Arab world's poorest nation from the pandemic.
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More than 80 soldiers killed in Yemen missile, drone attack
Saturday's strike follows months of relative calm in the war between the Iran-backed Huthis and Yemen's internationally recognised government.
