Yemen & World

SANAA, Feb. 3 (YPA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pope Francis to press the UAE to stop serious human rights violations in Yemen and end its crackdown on critics at home. In a letter sent by the International Organization to the…

HADRAMOUT, Feb. 2 (YPA) - Coalition militants in Hadramout province seized 122 illegal immigrants aboard a boat coming from Africa. A statement issued by the so-called "military zone II" loyal to the coalition said that the boat contains…

SANAA, Feb. 2 (YPA) - An official in Ministry of Public Health and Population said that the coalition forces used Biological weapons during the past four years of the war on Yemen. The official said in a telephone call to Yemen Press Agency…

SANAA, Feb. 2 (YPA) - Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf met on Saturday with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sanaa Lisa Grande to discuss promoting efforts of humanitarian work in Yemen. At the meeting, the minister touched upon the…

SANAA, Feb. 2 (YPA) – Dozens of militias backed by the Saudi-led coalition were killed and others injured in attacks carried out by the Yemeni army on various fronts over the past 24 hours, the Military Media reported on Saturday. In border…

SANAA, Feb. 2 (YPA) - The US Daily Beast Newspaper published a report revealing the role of U.S. investigators in committing acts of torture alongside their Emirati counterparts in prisons in southern Yemen. The Newspaper cited testimonies…

MAHWET, Feb. 1 (YPA) -The Health Bureau in Mahwet province has registered 31 deaths cases of cholera during the past year, and an approximate 21,647 people are infected with the epidemic in various provincial directorates. According to the…

SANAA, Feb. 1 (YPA) - The head of Supreme Revolutionary committee called on Germany and the European Union to press for a halt to the war and lift the imposed blockade by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen. "Germany and the European Union,…

SANAA, Jan. 31 (YPA) - The Yemeni Minister of Health and Population, Taha al-Mutawakil, has revealed that the swine flu epidemic has spread in the provinces of Amran and Sana'a, with 84 deaths and more than 400 cases recorded since the…

SANAA, Jan. 31 (YPA) – After the release of the Saudi prisoner Musa Awaji by Sanaa government and his arrival in Riyadh on an ICRC plane, Saudi Arabia on Thursday released seven Yemeni prisoners under the United Nations auspices. The move…