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UNICEF plane carrying vaccines arrives at Sanaa airport

SANAA, May 24 (YPA) - A United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) cargo plane carrying more than seven million doses of diphtheria and routine polio vaccine arrived at Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday. The director of vaccine…

Suffering of persons with disabilities in Yemen discussed

SANAA, May 24 (YPA) – Executive Director of the Disabled Care and Rehabilitation Fund, Mohammed al-Daylami, discussed with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission in Sanaa the suffering of persons with disabilities in…

Tropical cyclone Mekunu hits Socotra heavily

SOCOTRA, May 24 (YPA) – The tropical cyclone Mekunu on Wednesday hit heavily the coast of Socotra Island causing the sinking of four people aboard a ship in Hadibo, the capital of Yemen's province of Socotra. Local sources told the Yemeni…

Citizen killed, rotting corpse found in Yemen’s Aden

ADEN, May 24 (YPA) - A man was killed by unknown gunmen in Aden city on Wednesday night and a rotting corpse was discovered in the same province, a local sources told Yemen Press Agency. The citizen was shot dead by the gunmen who was…

University professor’s killer sentenced to death

ADENT, May 24 (YPA) – A first instance court in the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday sentenced the defendant Abdulkarim Mujawar to death for killing a university professor along with two of her family members. The court's verdict…

GCAA appeals for lifting ban on Sanaa Airport

 SANAA, May 23 (YPA) – The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Wednesday appealed to the United Nations, Human Rights Council, and international organizations to move quickly to lift the ban on Sanaa International Airport to save…

Al-Houthi comments on Saudi Ambassador’s latest interview

SANAA, May 23 (YPA) - Head of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Al-Houthi commented on the Saudi ambassador's story, in which he revealed his mission to smuggle Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar from Sanaa, after the fall of the headquarters…