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Yemeni flash floods harm ten civilians
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Severe flooding struck Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Tuesday after heavy rains, leaving at least 10 people injured and causing widespread property damage, according to local officials. The downpour inundated neighborhoods,...
Severe Flooding Devastates Yemen’s Aden
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Heavy rainfall unleashed destructive flooding across the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured and damaging property, according to eyewitnesses and local officials. The downpour inundated several...
Flash Floods Leave Ten Wounded in Yemen’s Aden
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Flash floods unleashed by intense rainfall struck Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Tuesday, injuring 10 people and inflicting widespread damage, a government official told media. Speaking anonymously, the official described how heavy...
Yemen Enforces Ban on Foreign Currency for Trade
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Yemen’s internationally-recognized government declared on Tuesday that all commercial transactions within its controlled territories must exclusively use the Yemeni rial, banning foreign currencies for domestic trade and services. A local...
UN Issues Warning on Worsening Child Malnutrition in Yemen
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations issued a stark warning Tuesday about the critical nutrition emergency facing Yemen’s children, pressing for urgent financial support to expand emergency food and nutrition aid. According to Ramesh Rajasingham, director...
Seven Ethiopian Migrants Die After Harrowing Week-Long Sea Journey to Yemen
MENAFN
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August 7, 2025
(MENAFN) Seven Ethiopian migrants perished from hunger and thirst after a grueling seven-day sea journey from Somalia to Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Wednesday. According to an IOM press release, the vessel...
Hundreds of Yemeni Students Protest Israeli Atrocities in Gaza
MENAFN
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August 7, 2025
(MENAFN) On Wednesday, hundreds of students from Sanaa University took to the streets in Yemen’s capital, staging a protest march condemning Israel’s ongoing military offensive and blockade in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators loudly chanted,...
Boat Overturn Kills Over Twenty Migrants Near Yemen’s Coast
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN) More than 20 African migrants lost their lives and many others remain unaccounted for after a smuggling vessel carrying approximately 150 people capsized off the southern coast of Yemen’s Abyan Province, according to Yemeni sources on...
Boat sinks in Yemen killing twenty African migrants
MENAFN
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August 3, 2025
(MENAFN) A smuggling boat carrying approximately 150 African migrants capsized off the coast of Abyan Province in southern Yemen, resulting in the deaths of more than 20 people, with dozens still unaccounted for, according to local sources. A...
India provides ‘all possible assistance’ to nurse on death row in Yemen
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN) India is providing “all possible assistance” to Nimisha Priya, a 36-year-old Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of her business partner, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal announced on Thursday. Following...
World Health Organization expands Dengue Prevention Efforts in Yemen
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) has expanded its dengue fever intervention efforts in Yemen’s southern provinces of Aden and Lahj, responding to a growing number of infections that are compounding the region’s ongoing humanitarian...
Frequently asked questions about the ICRC’s work in Yemen
International Committee of the Red Cross
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June 17, 2025
The ICRC’s role is purely humanitarian and, in this instance, is limited to supporting the logistical aspects of release operations to ensure safe and dignified release and repatriation. The ICRC provides one-off cash support to facilitate their...
One Year in Detention: Heads of United Nations agencies and INGOs renew demand for release of staff detained in northern Yemen
Oxfam
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June 16, 2025
This week marks one year since dozens of personnel from the United Nations, non-governmental and civil society organizations, and diplomatic missions were arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in northern Yemen. Others have been...
UN Envoy states Yemen is at risk despite ceasefire
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations’ special envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, cautioned that the situation across the country remains highly unstable, even after a recent agreement between the Houthis and the United States brought a temporary halt to...
Yemen: ICRC responds to deadly attack on Sa’ada Prison, urges for protection of civilians amidst worsening humanitarian crisis
International Committee of the Red Cross
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April 28, 2025
"It is unthinkable that while people are detained and have nowhere to escape, they can also be caught in the line of fire,” said Christine Cipolla, ICRC's head of delegation in Yemen. “This attack underscores how civilians in Yemen are...
Türkiye’s New Fig Variety Could Revolutionize Health-Conscious Snacking
EIN Presswire
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May 28, 2025
The variety could help Türkiye increase dried fig production from 70,000 to 100,000 tons within a decade, reinforcing its position as the world’s top exporter. İZMIR, TURKEY, May 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Türkiye, the world leader in dried...
Yemen faces economic freefall and devastating aid crisis after a decade of conflict - Oxfam
Oxfam
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March 26, 2025
Pauline Chetcuti, Oxfam International’s Head of Humanitarian Advocacy and Campaigns said: “Yemenis deserve – and have the right – to live in safety, have access to food, water, health care and to lead on a path towards a peaceful future. “The last...
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Yemen, Targeting Multiple Sites
MENAFN
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May 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Health officials connected to Yemen's Houthi group reported that Israeli warplanes executed numerous airstrikes on the Hodeidah province on Monday, resulting in at least two fatalities and 42 injuries. According to local media reports, 48...
US Strikes Kill Many at Migrant Shelter in Yemen
MENAFN
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April 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Nearly 68 people were murdered, as well as 47 others wounded in airstrikes carried out by the United States on a shelter for African migrants in the northern Saada province of Yemen, based on the Houthi party. The incident was reported on...
UN Denounces U.S. Airstrikes on Yemen's Ras Isa Port
MENAFN
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April 22, 2025
(MENAFN) A UN spokesperson expressed concern on Monday over the U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port, which left at least five aid workers injured and contributed to a growing number of casualties. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN...