YEMEN Press Agency

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits capital of Vanuatu

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit early on Tuesday, west of Port Vila, capital of the Vanuatu Islands. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km. The…

Zarif calls on Japan to release frozen Iranian assets

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) -  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday called on Japan to release Iranian assets frozen in Tokyo due to US sanctions. In his statement to the Japanese "Kyodo" news agency, Zarif expressed his hope…

Zionist forces arrest 13 Palestinians from West Bank

SANAA, Feb. 15 (YPA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested, at dawn on Monday, 13 Palestinian citizens of the occupied West Bank. "Ma'an" agency reported that the occupation forces arrested four young men from their families' homes in…

11 people killed in 2 attacks in Congo

SANAA, Feb. 15 (YPA) - Local authorities confirmed that 11 people, including a child, were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, when rebels attacked two military sites in the southeastern city of Lubumbashi, a mining…

Update: 4 Saudi-led airstrikes hit Saada

SAADA, Feb. 14 (YPA) – The US-backed Saudi-led coalition fighter jets on Sunday waged four air raids on Saada province, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The official explained that the airstrikes hit Dhaher district, without…