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UN Special envoy for Yemen arrives in Aden

ADEN, Oct. 05 (YPA) - UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg has on Tuesday arrived in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, for the first time since his appointment in September.  A maritime source at Aden International Airport said that…

Al-Ezzi says Zionists have contacts with Tariq Afash

SANAA, Oct. 05 (YPA) - Yemen's Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein al-Ezzi said  the mercenary commander  Tariq Afash has an intelligence relationship with the Israeli enemy on the west coast. "The association of mercenaries on the west coast…

Court sentences al-Qaeda members to death in Sanaa

SANAA, Oct. 05 (YPA) - A court in the capital Sanaa sentenced on Tuesday 2 al-Qaeda members, including a Kenyan, to death, and imprisoned 3 others, including a Saudi. The court, in its session, headed by Judge Mohammed Mufleh, decided to…

STC militias set fire to activist’s house in Aden

ADEN, OCT. 05 (YPA) - The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)'s militia set fire to the house of an activist in the city of Aden, south of Yemen. Local sources said the militia members burned the house of anti-STC activist…

STC military point kills Yemeni doctor in Lahj

LHJA, Oct. 05 (YPA) - A Yemen doctor has been shot dead by the UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia in Lahj province, south of Yemen. According to local sources, Dr. Atef Saif Mohammed al-Harazi, who works for Doctors…

Yemen Olympian football team draws 1-1 against Kuwait

SANAA, Oct. 05 (YPA) -The Yemeni Olympic Football team played a 1-1 draw on Monday in a game against its Kuwaiti counterpart in the first round of the group stage of the West Asian U-23 Championship hosted in Khobar, eastern Saudi Arabia.…

14 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack

SANAA, Oct. 05 (YPA) - At least 14 soldiers were killed in a takfiri attack on their detachment in the north of the country on Monday morning, Burkina Faso's defence ministry said "The military detachment of Yirgou" in the Centre-Nord…