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Two minor natural earthquakes strike North Korea

WORLD, Aug 13 (YPA) - Two minor natural earthquakes struck near North Korea's nuclear test site Sunday, the latest in a series of natural earthquakes to hit the region in recent months, South Korea's state weather agency said. The first…

Houses burned due to lighting strikes in Sanaa

SANAA, Aug 13 (YPA) - A series of lighting strikes hit on Saturday some homes of citizens in the Sa’afan area, Haraz district in Sanaa governorate, local sources reported. According to the local sources, the house of Sheikh Mohammed…

One killed, four injured by lighting strike in Raymah

RAYMAH, Aug 13 (YPA) - One was killed and four others were injured by a lightning strike in Raymah government, local sources said on Saturday. According to the sources, the lighting strike took place at 4:30 bm Sanaa time in Bani al-Don…

5.1-magnitude earthquake hits coast of Indonesia

WORLD, Aug 13 (YPA) - A magnitude earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck the coast of Indonesia, The US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday. According to the USGS’s data, the epicenter of the earthquake occupied 89 km…

STC factions torture young man to death in Lahj

LAHJ, Aug. 13 (YPA) - The factions of the UAE-backed Transitional Council handed over the body of the young Mohammed Jamal, a native of the city of al-Houta, to Ibn Khaldun hospital after he was tortured to death, local sources in Lahj…

Tension rises between UAE-backed factions in Shabwa

SHABWA, Aug 12 (YPA) - Tensions have risen between UAE-funded factions, alarming of armed confrontations in the coming hours in Mayfa'a district, east of Shabwa governorate. Local sources in the province said that the Al-Amailqa factions…