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Yemen appoints Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as country's new Prime Minister

In a surprise move, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, Yemen's foreign minister, has been appointed as the country's new Prime Minister, according to Al Jazeera

Yemen appoints Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as country's new Prime Minister
Updated On : 06 Feb 2024 | 6:48 AM IST

US-led strikes on Houthi rebels draw attention back to war raging in Yemen

US-led airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels over their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea pulled the world's focus Friday back on the yearslong war raging in the Arab world's poorest nation, even as shipping across the wider Mideast remains threatened. As the bombing lit the predawn sky over multiple sites held by the Iranian-backed rebels, Saudi Arabia quickly sought to distance itself from the attacks as it seeks to maintain a delicate dtente with Iran and a cease-fire in the Yemen war from which it hopes to finally withdraw. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy acknowledged an attack days earlier on a ship in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean an attack that may signal Iran's willingness to strike vessels as part of a wider maritime campaign over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Tehran on Thursday separately seized another tanker involved in an earlier crisis over America seizing oil targeted by international sanctions on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Yemen has been target

US-led strikes on Houthi rebels draw attention back to war raging in Yemen
Updated On : 12 Jan 2024 | 9:56 AM IST

UN urges world not to forget 19 million hungry Yemenis amid Ukraine war

The UN humanitarian chief has urged the world not to forget the conflict in Yemen where one of the world's gravest global humanitarian catastrophes has left 19 million people facing hunger this year

UN urges world not to forget 19 million hungry Yemenis amid Ukraine war
Updated On : 16 Mar 2022 | 6:57 AM IST

UN warns of impending famine in war-ravaged Yemen due to economic collapse

UNICEF warned Friday that millions of Yemeni people are at risk of famine as a result of the country's years-long military conflict and sharp deterioration of its economy, calling for urgent action

UN warns of impending famine in war-ravaged Yemen due to economic collapse
Updated On : 12 Mar 2022 | 6:37 AM IST

UN: Yemen faces world's worst famine and needs $3.85 billion

Conflict-torn Yemen is falling off a cliff and will face the worst famine the world has seen for decades unless donors, and especially its Gulf neighbours, contribute generously

UN: Yemen faces world's worst famine and needs $3.85 billion
Updated On : 25 Feb 2021 | 3:35 AM IST

Yemen faces 'looming famine,' needs millions of dollars: UN food chief

The head of World Food Program sounded an alarm that war-torn Yemen faces looming famine" and urged nations to provide hundreds of millions of dollars immediately

Yemen faces 'looming famine,' needs millions of dollars: UN food chief
Updated On : 12 Nov 2020 | 8:20 AM IST

Saudi blockade of aid could cause massive famine in Yemen, warns UN

The council demanded that the Saudi-led coalition keep Yemen's air and sea ports open to aid deliveries in a country where seven million people are already at risk of famine

Saudi blockade of aid could cause massive famine in Yemen, warns UN
Updated On : 09 Nov 2017 | 11:32 AM IST