Yemen

SANAA, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains in Yemen resulted in the collapse of a house on Wednesday, causing the death of a child and injuring two others, reported the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

The tragedy occurred in the al-Jumaimah district in the northwestern governorate of Hajjah.

Heavy rains have been pounding many parts of Yemen since the start of the summer season in April, leading to widespread floods that significantly damaged infrastructure, including old houses, dams, and farms.

30 May 2023; MEMO: The United Nations will start the "preparatory phase" this week to offload 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen to prevent a catastrophic spill, according to an official, Anadolu Agency reports.

A UN vessel, "Ndeavor", arrived at the port of Hudaydah on Yemen's west coast Tuesday, UN coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, told reporters in New York via video-conference.

SANAA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Despite the efforts of the United Nations and its partners, the problem of food insecurity in Yemen remains a severe threat, warned a UN official on Thursday.

David Gressly, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said that 17 million people in Yemen are still grappling with food insecurity, as revealed by a recent report from the UN food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the UN Children's Fund.

ADEN, May 20 (NNN-YPA) – Eight people were killed and at least 15 others wounded, in clashes between tribal gunmen, in Yemen’s north-eastern oil-rich province of Marib, a government official said, yesterday.

Ferocious clashes erupted Thursday night and continued into yesterday morning, between gunmen from the Al Munif and Al Fahih tribes, in the Al Wadi district of Marib, the local government official said, on condition of anonymity.

SANAA, May 16 (NNN-YPA) – A total of 392 Yemeni citizens were evacuated from Sudan and safely returned home in the past 24 hours, Yemen’s state TV station reported, yesterday.

The country’s national carrier, Yemenia, operated two flights to facilitate their repatriation. The first flight, carrying 197 citizens, arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Sunday. The second flight, with 195 passengers on board, landed in the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, later on Sunday night.

ADEN, Yemen, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb exploded next to a military ambulance in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, a security official told Xinhua.

The local official asked to remain anonymous said the ambulance was blasted by the homemade bomb when it was transporting soldiers of Yemeni government forces who were wounded in sporadic fighting with al-Qaida militants.

SANAA, May 1 (NNN-YPA) – Four people were killed in Yemen yesterday, after the collapse of a water dam in the Al Mahwit governorate, about 111 km west of the capital, Sanaa.

Local authorities confirmed that the Al-Aqabi Dam, in the Hafash district of Al Mahwit governorate, had collapsed, causing a flood that swept away a mosque with four people inside, killing all of them.

The flood also damaged nearby houses.

The governorate has been under the control of the Houthi group since 2014.

24 Apr 2023; MEMO: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have warned Saudi Arabia that they will strike the Kingdom and its coalition allies if attacked, as the two sides continue to engage in talks to secure a lasting ceasefire.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A crowd apparently panicked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 73 others, according to witnesses and Houthi rebel officials.

The tragedy was Yemen’s deadliest in years that was not related to the country’s long-running war, and came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan later this week.

SANAA, April 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced in a statement that 104 Yemeni detainees unilaterally released by Saudi Arabia had boarded ICRC planes and arrived in Yemen on Monday.

The move followed a large-scale three-day prisoner swap between the Yemeni government, the Saudi-led coalition, and the Houthi rebels that ended on Sunday.

The ICRC facilitated the release of 104 detainees from Saudi Arabia to Yemen at the request of the Saudi-led coalition, the statement said.