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Update: Coalition’s artillery shells areas in Hodeidah

HODEIDAH, Jan. 25 (YPA) –  Coalition-backed militias targeted on Friday areas with artillery shells in Hodeidah province, an official told Yemen Press Agency. The shelling targeted residential area of 7 July. Sameera Hassn

Ukrainian court sentences ex-president to 13 years in prison

SANAA, Jan. 25 (YPA) - A Ukrainian court on Thursday sentenced former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich in absentia to 13 years in prison on charges of "treason". Yanukovich, 68, has been a refugee in Russia since 2014. According to the…

UN: Two thirds of Yemenis lack potable water

SANAA, Jan. 25 (YPA) - Potable water has become increasingly hard to come by in Yemen since the war started in 2015, highlighted by the nation’s cholera outbreak. According to the UN, two-thirds of the population of the war-torn country do…

Update: Army destroys 23 caliber machine gun in Jizan

JIZAN, Jan. 25  (YPA) – The Yemen army managed on Friday to damage a 23 caliber machine gun belonging to Saudi army in Jizan border province, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The 23 caliber machine gun was destroyed with a…

Update: Army controls 3 sites of coalition militias in Najran

NAJRAN, 25 (YPA) - The Yemen army forces on Friday managed to control three sites of militias loyal to Saudi-led coalition in Najran border province, a military official told Yemen Press Agency. The control operation came after an offensive…