YEMEN Press Agency

Citizen injured in blast in Taiz

TAIZ, Jan. 25 (YPA) – A citizen was injured on Monday when an explosive device exploded in the Saudi-led coalition-held Taiz city, accordion g to sources. The sources affirmed that the explosive device targeted Bir Basha area, west of the…

FM congratulates Indian counterpart

SANAA, Jan. 25 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Monday a cabal of congratulations to the Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. In the cable, Sharaf congratulated Jaishankar and the Indian…

Deputy FM meets WFP official

SANAA, Jan. 24 (YPA) - Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein Al-Ezzi, met on Sunday with the Resident Representative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Sanaa, Laurent Bukera. At the meeting, the officials reviewed the humanitarian activities…

Angry protests erupt in Aden

ADEN, Jan. 24 (YPA) – Hundreds of sons of Yemen's southern city of Aden took streets on Sunday in an angry protest rally to denounce the power outage and the deterioration of essential service in the city. At the rally, the demonstrators…

Gunmen assault judge in Taiz

TAIZ, Jan. 24 (YPA) - Unidentified gunmen assaulted on Sunday a judge in the Court of First Instance in the Saudi-led coalition-controlled areas of Taiz, sources said. The sources affirmed that the gunmen attacked the judge “Ahmed Abdo…

FM receives new UNOCHA head’s credentials

SANAA, Jan. 24 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, received on Sunday a copy of credentials of the newly-appointed head of the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) to Yemen, Sajjad Mohammad…