YEMEN Press Agency

Child sinks in sewage water in Aden

ADEN, July 22 (YPA) - A child drowned in a hole full of sewage water in al-Basateen neighborhood of Dar Saad district in the southern port city of Aden. According to eyewitnesses, a child fell into a hole filled with sewage near Al-Taheri…

Islah’s militias close Al-Thawrah Hospital in Taiz

TAIZ, July 22 (YPA) – Militiamen of Islah Party (Muslim Brotherhood) on Monday closed the Public Al-Thawrah Hospital in Taiz province, and expelled the hospital's acting director and undersecretary of the province Dr. Ilan Abdulhaq from her…

Parliament Speaker meets International Crisis Group’s CEO

SANAA, July 22 (YPA) – Speaker of the Yemeni Parliament Yahya Ali Al-Ra'i on Monday met with the International Crisis Group delegation headed by the Group's Chief Executive Officer Robert Malley, who is currently visiting Yemen. During the…

In Pictures: 16 tons of WFP food destroyed in Rayma

RAYMA, July 21 (YPA) – The local and judicial authorities in Rayma province, in central Yemen, on Sunday destroyed 16 tons of foodstuffs of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for being unfit for human use. Undersecretary of Rayma…

Al-Rawi’s family demands quick trial of killers

ADEN, July 21 (YPA) – Family of the murdered preacher and Salafist leader Samhan Abdulaziz al-Rawi on Sunday held a vigil in front of the Specialized Penal Court in Aden city, southern Yemen, to demand the accelerating of trying the…