(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...
(MENAFN) A merchant vessel navigating the Gulf of Aden, near Yemen, was targeted in an attack on Tuesday, but no injuries were reported, according to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), based in Dubai. The incident took place...
(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia declared on Saturday that it will provide nearly $368 million in economic aid to the Yemeni government led by Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi, aiming to alleviate the nation’s escalating financial...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, October 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- World Food Day (Oct. 16) and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Oct. 17) mark the founding of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and spotlight...
The Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement, signed on September 17, 2025, is a significant regional development. MEI will be publishing several articles in the coming days that provide different perspectives on the defense pact. The...
(MENAFN) On Wednesday, the Netherlands denounced the new Houthi assault on a Dutch freighter in the Gulf of Aden. David van Weel, the caretaker Foreign Minister of Netherlands, posted on X platform "the Netherlands strongly condemns the recent...
(MENAFN) The Netherlands has voiced strong disapproval of a recent assault carried out by Houthi forces on a Dutch cargo vessel operating in the Gulf of Aden. On Wednesday, caretaker Foreign Minister David van Weel expressed the country's position...
(MENAFN) The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) announced on Tuesday that an explosion occurred near a ship traveling in the Red Sea. According to the authority, reports indicated a splash followed by the noise of an explosion close...
(MENAFN) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on Wednesday that his nation is not seeking nuclear arms, emphasizing that this stance follows the directives of the country’s leadership and religious authorities. “We are not seeking to...
Houthi rebels released five Yemeni United Nations staff members and allowed 15 international ones to move freely within the UN compound after detaining them there in Sanaa over the weekend, a UN spokesperson said Monday. Stéphane Dujarric, the UN...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press409 words DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire that erupted on a Cameroonian-flagged gas tanker traveling through the Gulf of Aden killed two mariners on board, authorities said Monday, as the ship remained...
Yemen's Houthi rebels detained 20 UN employees (five Yemenis, 15 international workers) in Sanaa, accusing them of espionage—a claim the UN strongly denies. The arrests disrupt critical aid operations in Yemen, already devastated by war and...
ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The General Electricity Corporation in Aden announced on Monday a power outage across the southern Yemeni port city after the last fuel supplies needed to run the main power station were exhausted. The state-owned...
The Houthis have a long-running crackdown against the UN and others working in Yemen’s rebel-held areas, including capital Sanaa, the coastal city of Hodeida and rebel stronghold in the northern province Sadaa One mourner, Ayham Hassan, said...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels held a funeral on Monday for their military chief of staff who was killed in a recent Israeli strike, with more than 1,000 people gathered for the ceremony in the rebel-held capital of Sanaa. The Iranian-backed rebel group...
Houthi rebels released five Yemeni United Nations staff members, and allowed 15 international ones to move freely within the UN compound, after detaining them there in Sanaa over the weekend, a UN spokesperson said Monday (October 20, 2025)....
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For two years, Amer Ali, a resident of the southern Yemeni city of Aden, joined rallies opposing Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 68,000 people. Ali viewed these demonstrations, held regularly across Yemen, as...
