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UN ranks Yemen as world’s poorest country due to coalition war

Oct 10, 2019 8:30 PM

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) - The United Nations on Thursday announced that the continuation of Saudi-led coalition countries' war would make Yemen the poorest country in the world. The poverty rate in the country rose from 47 percent in 2014 to…

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Yemenis mark 42nd anniversary of martyred president al-Hamdi

Oct 10, 2019 8:23 PM

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) - Yemen's Nasserist Reform Organization on Thursday marked 42nd anniversary of martyrdom of president Ibrahim al-Hamdi. At the event held at Cultural Center in Sanaa, a member of the Supreme Political Council, Sultan…

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Yemen Gas company confirms end of cooking gas crisis

Oct 10, 2019 7:44 PM

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) – Yemen Gas company's spokesman Ali Maasar affirmed on Thursday that a crisis of cooking gas will have ended in the next two days. The spokesman added the step came after the company had exerted efforts to enter a…

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Parliament’s Presidium approves resumption of meetings Saturday

Oct 10, 2019 7:40 PM

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) - The Yemeni Parliament's Presidium in its meeting chaired by Speaker Yahya Ali al-Ra'i on Thursday approved the resumption of the Parliament's meetings on Saturday, October 12, 2019. YPA

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WB expects Aramco attacks to have negative impact on Saudi growth

Oct 10, 2019 7:16 PM

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (YPA) - The World Bank (WB) predicted on Thursday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in mid-last month will affect the kingdom's economic growth in 2019. The bank said in a report issued on Thursday that its…

UAE-backed STC militias launch secure operation in Abyan

Oct 10, 2019 7:11 PM

ABYAN, Oct. 10 (YPA) – The Southern Transitional Council (STC) militias backed by UAE waged a secure operation in Ahwar district of Abyan province on Thursday, south of Yemen, sources said. The sources added that the STC deployed large…

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Socotra obliterates UAE’s flags, emblems in all institutions

Oct 10, 2019 6:56 PM

SOCOTRA, Oct. 10 (YPA) - The local authority in the occupied province of Socotra Island, southern Yemen, carried out a campaign to remove the UAE's flags and emblems from all institutions and replace them with the Yemeni flag. According to…

Sanhan women rally to back army triumphs against coalition

Oct 10, 2019 6:46 PM

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) – Dozens of women in Sanhan district of Sanaa province held a rally on Thursday to back and praise triumphs made by the Yemeni army against the Saudi-led coalition and its mercenaries in battle fronts. At the rally, the…

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Coalition forces pound civilians’ homes in several provinces

Oct 10, 2019 6:27 PM

SANAA, Oct. 10 (YPA) - Saudi-led coalition forces on Thursday fired artillery shells at houses in several provinces of Yemen, killing and wounding civilians, including women and children. Earlier in the day, the coalition forces' artillery…

Coalition fires artillery at citizens’ houses in Marib

Oct 10, 2019 5:45 PM

MARIB, Oct. 10 (YPA) – The Saudi-led coalition on Thursday waged an artillery attack towards residential areas of Marib province, a security official told Yemen Press Agency. The shelling hit al-Mahjaz area of Serwah district, destroying a…

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