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Planning minister, UN official discuss humanitarian response plan

Sep 3, 2018 6:01 PM

SANAA, Sep. 3 (YPA) – Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Aziz al-Kamaim discussed on Monday a plan of the urgent humanitarian needs with the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Parliament speaker meets MSF official

Sep 3, 2018 5:10 PM

SANAA, Sep. 3 (YPA) – Speaker of Yemeni parliament Yahya Ali al-Raei on Monday met with head of Spanish delegation of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sanaa. In the meeting, the speaker briefed the MSF official on disastrous destructions…

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Army spokesman vows more painful blow than disrupting Abu Dhabi airport

Sep 3, 2018 10:44 AM

SANAA, Sep. 3 (YPA) - Yemeni army spokesman, Sharaf Luqman, has vowed a more painful blow than disrupting Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports. Luqman said in statements on Sunday: "The confrontation with the coalition led by Saudi Arabia stands in…

Sultan Qaboos directs new facilities for Yemenis

Sep 3, 2018 10:33 AM

SANAA, Sep. 3 (YPA) - Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman, Qaboos bin Sa’id, has given new facilities to the Yemenis through the border shipping port. Student sources said that more than 132 Yemeni students crossed the border crossing point…

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New Saudi decisions tighten screws on Yemeni expatriates

Sep 2, 2018 7:33 PM

SANAA, Sep. 2 (YPA) – The Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia on Sunday directed the schools in the kingdom to not accept the sons of Yemeni migrants who hold visitor identities. This decision will increase the suffering of the Yemeni…

FM congratulates his Vietnamese counterpart on National Day

Sep 2, 2018 4:36 PM

SANAA, Sept. 2 (YPA) - Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf on Sunday sent a cable of congratulation to Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on the occasion of the National Day of Vietnam. b a m

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UN issues official invitation to political leadership in Sanaa on upcoming Geneva negotiations

Sep 2, 2018 2:34 AM

SANAA, Sep. 2 (YPA) - The UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffith, sent an official invitation to the political leadership in Sana'a on Saturday, asking the Sana'a authorities to name the members of the delegation to be represented on their…

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FM hands Grande letter from al-Mashat to UN Secretary-General

Sep 1, 2018 7:04 PM

SANAA, Sep.1 (YPA) - Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf on Saturday handed over the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, a letter from President Mahdi al-Mashat to UN Secretary-General. In the letter, al-Mashat called on…

Kuwait defense ministry opens investigation into killing two soldiers

Sep 1, 2018 6:05 PM

SANAA, Sep. 1 (YPA) – Kuwait's defense ministry on Saturday denounced to open an investigation with several officers after killing two Kuwaiti soldiers and wounding two others during a training in Ali al-Sabahi military faculty, local…

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US Navy seizes arms of Hadi’s govt in Gulf of Aden

Aug 30, 2018 5:04 PM

ADEN, Aug. 30 (YPA) – The US navy on Thursday seized modern weapons belonging to the government of the exiled Hadi on a boat in the Gulf of Aden, according to an official at the US Pentagon. "Hundreds of pieces of small arms, including…

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