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TEHRAN, Sept. 18 (YPA) – Iran’s air defense forces shot down a US MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island on Thursday morning, Mehr news agency reported, citing a statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In the statement, the IRGC…

MARIB, Sept. 18 (YPA) – Fighters affiliated with the Saudi-backed "Sixth Military Region" staged an armed protest in central Marib city on Thursday, in what was described as the first public military mutiny by the forces, in protest against…

DUBLIN, Sept. 17 (YPA) – Ireland will not participate in or broadcast next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, public broadcaster RTE said Thursday, citing the “ongoing loss of lives in Gaza”. A spokesman for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE), the…

SANAA, Sept. 17 (YPA) – Saudi warplanes carried out 37 airstrikes targeting two Yemeni governorates over the past 24 hours. The spokesperson for the Sanaa forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sarie, stated on his “X” platform account that the…

SANAA, Sept. 17 (YPA) – US Congressman Joe Wilson has called on Türkiye and Pakistan to help Saudi Arabia confront the "Houthis" in Yemen, in what appears to be a message that Washington does not intend to become directly involved in a new…

ADEN, Sept. 17 (YPA) –The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has received a report of an incident 75NM east of Aden, Yemen. According to UKMTO, a tanker travelling westbound has reported that a skiff has pursued and attempted to intercept…

MARIB, Sept. 17 (YPA) - Several sheikhs and members of the Al-Maeili tribe, including women and children, were killed and injured on Thursday after Islah Party elements launched intense artillery shelling on civilian homes in Al-Wadi…

BEIRUT, Sept. 16 (YPA) - The Israeli occupation continued its attacks on southern Lebanon, on Thursday, with warplanes carrying out a large explosion in the town of Yahmor al-Shaqif, and two missile strikes on the town of Mansouri amidst…

PARIS, Sept. 17 (YPA) - French prosecutors on Thursday requested prison sentences for Ahmed and Khaled, sons of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, over allegations of money laundering involving funds believed to have been derived…

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (YPA) - The international fact-finding mission on Iran said it has reasonable grounds to believe that the United States was behind two strikes in February that constitute war crimes. In a report to be presented to the…