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Yemeni soccer player refuses Tawakkol Karman’s award

SANAA, Sept. 23 (YPA) - One of Yemeni junior soccer team players has refused to accept an award from Tawakol Karman, a leading activist of Yemeni Islah Party (Muslim Brotherhood) and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2011. According to “Aden…

NAMCHA’s Chief meets French ACTED’s Acting Director in Yemen

SANAA, Sept. 23 (YPA) – Chief of the National Authority for Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (NAMCHA) Abdulmohsen Tawous on Monday met with Acting Director of French ACTED Organization in Yemen Olivia Booth. The meeting…

Shura welcomes President al-Mashat’s renewal of amnesty

SANAA, Sept. 23 (YPA) – The Shura Council on Monday welcomed President of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat's announcement on the renewal of amnesty in order to promote national reconciliation. In a statement issued Monday, the…

UAE-backed militias storm commander house in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 23 (YPA) – Militias of the Southern Transitional Council backed by the UAE stormed on Monday a commander's house in Aden's southern city, sources said. According to the sources, the militias also arrested ten of bodyguards of…

Parliament discusses report on oil derivatives crisis

SANAA, Sept. 23 (YPA) – The Parliament in its meeting on Monday discussed the report of the Development, Oil and Mineral Resources Committee on the causes of the crisis of oil derivatives and domestic gas in the capital Sanaa and provinces.…

Militias loot electricity corporation in Aden

ADEN, Sept. 23 (YPA) – Militias continued to loot equipment of electricity corporation in Yemen's southern province of Aden, according to sources on Monday. The sources added that the militias looted and created a security anarchy without…

Gas company announces breakthrough in supplies crisis

SANAA, Sept. 23 (YPA) - Yemen Gas Company announced Sunday night a breakthrough in the domestic gas supply crisis for homes, restaurants and cars. This came after the release of two ships carrying 14,083 metric tons of gas, which had been…