Yemen: Human right violations against journalists, coming ‘from all quarters’
Aug 07, 2020, at 10:46 pm
New York: Unparalleled rights violations and abuses against journalists are being carried out by all parties to the armed conflict in Yemen, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday
Yemen: Crisis reaches new low, top UN officials tell Security Council
Jul 29, 2020, at 06:16 pm
New York: The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has never been worse, with conflict escalating, famine on the horizon, the economy in tatters and COVID-19 out of control, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday as they issued a fresh call for an immediate ceasefire.
COVID-19 scapegoating triggers fresh displacement in Yemen, warns migration agency
Jul 22, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: COVID-19 fears have prompted fresh displacement in war-torn Yemen, and forced many of those on the move to sell what little they have to survive, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Concerns and hopes of Yemenis at heart of UN plans for better future
Jul 17, 2020, at 12:01 am
New York: In a wide-ranging interview for UN News on Wednesday, Martin Griffiths, the UN’s Special Envoy in Yemen, addresses the protracted peace process in the country, and the enormous challenges that still need to be overcome.
In Yemen, thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded, COVID-19 likely widespread
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:41 pm
New York: Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been stranded in war-ravaged Yemen where they continue to be subjected to arbitrary detention and exposure to COVID-19 infection, forcible relocation and abuse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Waiting to declare famine ‘will be too late for Yemenis on brink of starvation’
Jul 11, 2020, at 02:46 pm
New York: In Yemen, fears of famine have resurfaced as UN humanitarians also warned on Friday that 360,000 severely malnourished children could die unless they continue to get treatment and aid is stepped up.
Funding shortfall affecting critical water, sanitation services in Yemen
Jun 13, 2020, at 04:44 pm
New York/IBNS: Children in the heart of the world’s worst humanitarian disaster need help more than ever, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, in an appeal for more support to provide basic services in Yemen.
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:35 am
New York: More than five years of conflict have left Yemenis “hanging on by a thread, their economy in tatters” and their institutions “facing near-collapse”, the UN chief told a virtual pledging conference on Tuesday, calling for a demonstration of solidarity with some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.
Peace in Yemen may be ‘within close reach’, UN envoy tells Security Council
May 15, 2020, at 04:52 pm
New York/IBNS: UN Special Envoy for war-weary Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council on Thursday, that he believed an end to the fighting “is within close reach”, but cautioning that he had come “yet again to express hope, instead of to report success”.
Yemen needs cooperation between parties more than ever, says top UN negotiator
Apr 28, 2020, at 01:25 pm
New York/IBNS: The needs of Yemen’s people should be put first, ahead of actions that risk escalating the already dire situation inside the war-shattered country, UN Special Envoy for the war-weary country, Martin Griffiths, said on Monday.
Apr 17, 2020, at 12:35 pm
New York/IBNS: With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to deepen suffering in Yemen, now is the time for rival parties to commit to ending their conflict, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday, during an informal meeting via videoconference.
Saudi-led coalition accuses Yemen's Houthis of violating cease-fire
Apr 13, 2020, at 12:07 pm
Riyadh//Xinhua/UNI: Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen accused on Sunday the Houthis militia in Yemen of violating the cease-fire, Al Akhbariya local TV reported.
COVID-19 in Yemen: Saudi coalition ceasefire declared in bid to contain coronavirus
Apr 10, 2020, at 11:03 am
New York/IBNS: A ceasefire declaration by Saudi Arabia in war-shattered Yemen that was due to come into effect on Thursday has been welcomed by United Nations chief António Guterres as a way to promote peace and slow the advance of COVID-19.
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:06 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s war-torn Taizz Governerate, in the south of the country, which has left at least five women and one child dead, and wounding more than 11, with casualties expected to rise.
Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missile falls in Yemen's Sadah
Apr 05, 2020, at 07:49 pm
Riyadh/Xinhua/UNI: Saudi-led coalition announced on Sunday the falling of a Houthi missile in Yemeni city Sadah.
Release inmates in Yemen to avert nationwide coronavirus outbreak, experts urge
Mar 31, 2020, at 04:30 pm
New York/IBNS: An international panel of human rights experts called today for the immediate release of political prisoners and detainees in war-ravaged Yemen to help avert a nationwide outbreak of COVID-19.
UN chief calls for ceasefire as Yemen braces for possible COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 26, 2020, at 01:40 pm
New York/IBNS: Echoing his 23 March appeal to warring parties across the globe for an immediate ceasefire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on those fighting in Yemen to end hostilities and ramp up efforts to counter a potential outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
De-escalate now, to steer Yemen off ‘precarious path’, UN Security Council hears
Mar 13, 2020, at 09:36 am
New York/IBNS: Yemen is at a “critical juncture”, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Thursday. Speaking via video-link, Martin Griffiths said that the combatants will either move towards de-escalation or greater violence, which would make “the path to the negotiating table more arduous”.
Yemen: UN envoy calls for 'immediate and unconditional' freeze on military activities
Mar 08, 2020, at 06:37 pm
New York/IBNS: In a visit to northern Yemen on Saturday, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths repeated his call for an immediate freeze on military activities and for warring parties to work towards a de-escalation in fighting.
Rights office concerned over death sentences against 35 Yemeni MPs
Mar 07, 2020, at 10:32 am
New York/IBNS: The UN human rights office is calling on authorities in Yemen to revoke death sentences imposed against 35 parliamentarians allegedly for treason charges.
Yemen's Houthi rebels seize capital of al-Jawf province
Mar 02, 2020, at 08:46 am
Sanaa/Xinhua/UNI: Yemen's Houthi rebels on Sunday seized control of al-Hazm, the capital of the northeastern province of al-Jawf, after weeks of fighting with the government forces, officials from both sides said.
Four civilians killed in roadside bombing in Yemen's Hodeidah
Feb 17, 2020, at 09:07 am
Aden, Yemen/Xinhua/UNI: Four civilians were killed on Sunday as a roadside bomb exploded in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official told Xinhua.
Intensified Saudi-led airstrikes hit Houthi-controlled sites in northern Yemen
Feb 16, 2020, at 12:31 am
Aden, Yemen/Xinhua: The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday launched intensified airstrikes against several military sites controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen's northern province of al-Jawf, a government official told Xinhua.
Houthi fighters attack gov't forces in southern Yemen
Feb 15, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Aden, Yemen/Xinhua/UNI:- Houthi rebel fighters launched an attack against sites of the government forces in Yemen's southern province of Dhalea on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua.
Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians
Feb 11, 2020, at 09:53 am
New York/IBNS: Attacks on health facilities in Yemen’s Marib province, East of the capital Sana’a, have left some 15,000 people – many of them displaced from other parts of the country – with severely limited options for medical care, the UN said on Monday.
3 Egyptian fishermen killed by mine explosion in south Red Sea near Yemen
Feb 07, 2020, at 07:13 pm
Riyadh,/Xinhua: Three Egyptian fishermen were killed by a mine explosion in the southern Red Sea near Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Friday.
Jan 29, 2020, at 02:50 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end “before it’s too late”.
Civil war in Yemen made over 3 million people homeless: ICRC
Jan 19, 2020, at 05:48 pm
New York/IBNS: The International Committee of the Red Cross on Sunday said over three million people, the majority of which are women and children, have been made homeless as a result of ongoing fighting in Yemen’s civil war that has raged since 2015.
Yemen resilient and ‘unscathed’ in face of latest Gulf crisis
Jan 17, 2020, at 10:28 am
New York/IBNS: Despite the threat posed by recent tensions in the Gulf, Yemen was able to weather the crisis thanks in part to restraint exercised by its political leaders, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.
Dec 14, 2019, at 07:08 am
New York/IBNS: When warring parties in Yemen met in a renovated castle outside the Swedish capital last December for UN-brokered talks, they showed that perhaps there could be a way out of brutal conflict and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the UN Special Envoy for the country said this week.