YEMEN Press Agency

Islah militants kidnap local official in Taiz

TAIZ, Feb. 20 (YPA) - Islah militants on Sunday  have abducted a local official in Taiz provinmce, southwestern Yemen, local sources said. Gunmen led by Abu Thar Abdullah Hassan al-Sharabi attacked Arif Noman, the director of Transport…

Dozens of Zionist settlers storm Al-Aqsa courtyards

QUDS, Feb. 20  (YPA) – Dozens of  Zionist settlers on Sunday morning, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque under a heavy protection of the Israeli occupation forces. According to Palestinian sources, the  settlers broken into the…

14 killed in suicide bombing in central Somalia

BELEDWEYNE, Feb. 20 At least 14 people, including local political officials, were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday at a restaurant in the city of Beledweyne in central Somalia, Aljazeera reported. Alsomal Aljadid reported a suicide…

Brazil: Nearly 140 dead in floods in Petropolis

SANAA, Feb. 20 (YPA) - Rescue workers in Brazil on Saturday found new bodies under piles of mud in the southeastern city of Petropolis, which was devastated by floods and landslides that killed at least 139 people, including 26 children,…