YEMEN Press Agency

Citizen’s car devoured by fire in Mahra

MAHRA, Sept. 23 (YPA) - A car belonging to a citizen caught fire on Friday, in the center of the city of al-Ghaydah, the capital of Mahra province, eastern Yemen. Local sources reported that the fire broke out in a “Taxi", suddenly while it…

Violent explosion rocks city of lawdar in Abyan

ABYAN, Sept. 23 (YPA) - A violent explosion rocked the city of Lawdar in Abyan province, southern Yemen, which is under the control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia since early September, local sources said on…

3 killed, 30 injured as blast hits mosque in Kabul

KABUL, Sept. 23 (YPA) - At least two people were killed and 30 others injured on Friday, in an explosion near the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque in in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. According to Abdul Nafi Takoor, the Interior Ministry…

73 migrants dead as boat sinks off Syrian coast

TARTOUS, Sept. 23 (YPA) - The number of victims of the sinking of a boat off Tartous coast has reached 73 in a death toll that is not final, while 20 survivors are being treated at al-Basel Hospital, the Syrian news agency “SANA” reported…

2 killed, 5 injured in Turkish helicopter crash

WORLD, Sept. 22 (YPA) - A helicopter crashed Wednesday as it headed to the Turkish port of Marmaris to combat a wildfire, killing two crew members, Turkey's Interior Ministry said in a statement .  According to the ministry, five others…