Yemen & World

SANAA, Jun. 18 (YPA) - A US review  board  decided last week to transfer two Yemeni men held at Guantanamo Military Prison in Cuba since 2004 to another country, bringing it back into the spotlight. Abd al-Salam al-Hilah and Sharqawi Abdu…

DAMASCUS, Jun. 17 (YPA) - The Cultural Counselor at the Yemeni Embassy in Damascus, Mohammed Handhal, on Thursday discussed with the Syrian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Bassam Ibrahim, areas of cultural and…

SANAA, Jun. 17 (YPA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Thursday a cable of congratulations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles, Louis Sylvestre Radegonde. In the cable, Sharaf congratulated…

DAMASCUS, Jun. 17(YPA) - Minister delegate at the Embassy of Yemen in Syria, Radwan Al-Haimi, met on Thursday with the Venezuelan Chargé d'Affairs in the Syrian capital, Damascus. At the meeting, the two officials discussed aspects related…

SANAA, Jun. 16 (YPA) - More than 360 bodies of illegal immigrants are still floating in the sea off the Yemeni coast, for the sixth day in a row. Members of the Ethiopian community in Yemen said on Wednesday that about 371 illegal…

SANAA, Jun. 16 (YPA) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hisham Sharaf, sent on Wedn a cable of congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson. In his cable, Sharaf expressed his congratulations to…

MUSCAT, Jun. 16 (YPA) - The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned of electronic blackmail in the name of its closed embassy in Yemen. The ministry said, in a statement, it had recently been observed repeated complaints of citizens…

SANAA, Jun. 16 (YPA) - Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, has clarified Sanaa's opinion regarding holding negotiations with the Saudi-led coalition in Qatar. In a tweet on his Twitter account on Wednesday,…

SANAA, Jun. 16 (YPA) -Top member in the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, had commented on remarks made by UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, in which he accused Ansarullah of "wanting a ceasefire only after agreements…

SANAA, Jun. 16 (YPA) - The General Authority for Awqaf in Sanaa condemned on Tuesday the Saudi regime’s decision to prevent performing Hajj for the second year in a row. Chairman of the authority, Abdulmajid Al-Houthi, said in a statement…