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Aden plunges in darkness

ADEN, Feb. 16 (YPA) - The public electricity service stopped during the past hours in all neighborhoods in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen. The sources added that the outage of the electricity system comes because of the depletion of…

French MPs vote for law targeting Muslims

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) - French lawmakers on Tuesday to vote  in a first reading on a controversial anti-secessionist bill, which critics say is aimed at Muslims, not the enemies of the republic. The National Assembly is scheduled to…

Four dead in US Virgin Islands helicopter crash

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) - At least four people were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash in the US Virgin Islands, ABC TV reported. According to the channel, the local emergency service received a report at about 14:15 local time regarding a…

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits capital of Vanuatu

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit early on Tuesday, west of Port Vila, capital of the Vanuatu Islands. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km. The…

Zarif calls on Japan to release frozen Iranian assets

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) -  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday called on Japan to release Iranian assets frozen in Tokyo due to US sanctions. In his statement to the Japanese "Kyodo" news agency, Zarif expressed his hope…

Coalition detains new fuel ship loaded with diesel

SANAA, Feb. 16 (YPA) – Saudi-led coalition forces on Monday detained a new ship carrying 29,988 tons of diesel, bringing the number of the held ships to 14, said Essam Al-Mutawakel, spokesman of the Yemeni Petroleum Company. Al-Mutawakel…