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UN Agency: Thousands Trapped in Yemen's Northern Flashpoint

UN Agency: Thousands Trapped in Yemen's Northern Flashpoint

A U.N. humanitarian agency warned Tuesday that thousands of Yemeni civilians caught in fierce clashes between warring factions are trapped in an em…

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FROM THE FIELD: Rebuilding Yemen’s future from the ground up

FROM THE FIELD: Rebuilding Yemen’s future from the ground up

The UN Development Programme, UNDP, is supporting the people of Yemen, its communities and institutions, for when the fighting ends, by helping to…

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Feature: Growing conflict pushes thousands of Yemeni children into streets

Feature: Growing conflict pushes thousands of Yemeni children into streets

Thousands of Yemeni children have been pushed into the streets as a result of growing military conflict that broke out between Yemen's government f…

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Almost 100 civilian casualties each week in Yemen in 2018

Almost 100 civilian casualties each week in Yemen in 2018

Civilians continue to pay a high price in the conflict in Yemen, according to the latest data released today by the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency, led P…

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Human rights seminar criticises violations by Houthi group in Yemen

Human rights seminar criticises violations by Houthi group in Yemen

A seminar in Geneva organised by the Development and Human Rights Information and Training Centre has criticised what it described as widespread vi…

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American and British bombs killed more than 200 Yemeni civilians, report says

American and British bombs killed more than 200 Yemeni civilians, report says

American- and British-made bombs may have killed or injured nearly 1,000 civilians, including women and children, in Yemen’s four-year conflict, ac…

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Yemenis divided over Mideast peace deal, Iran

Yemenis divided over Mideast peace deal, Iran

Controversy transpired following the publication of a picture showing Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani sitting next to Israeli Prime Minist…

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A key Democrat says Lindsey Graham 'could be a game-changer' in the fight to convince Trump to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen

A key Democrat says Lindsey Graham 'could be a game-changer' in the fight to convince Trump to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen

A key Democrat behind efforts to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen is working to convince Sen. Lindsey Graham to support the measure and sai…

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Conference on Aid to Yemen Highlights Support for Education

Conference on Aid to Yemen Highlights Support for Education

At a United Nations conference on humanitarian aid to Yemen, held in Geneva on February 26, representatives of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emi…

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Girls as young as 3 married off for food in Yemen: Oxfam

Girls as young as 3 married off for food in Yemen: Oxfam

considered by the United Nations to be the world’s most severe humanitarian catastrophe – is disproportionately affecting women and girls. The desp…

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Children still dying in Yemen war, despite partial ceasefire, says UNICEF chief

Children still dying in Yemen war, despite partial ceasefire, says UNICEF chief

Responding to the violent deaths of five children in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah on Thursday, Henrietta Ford, Executive Director of the United…

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Yemen Accountability Project aims to document war crimes

Yemen Accountability Project aims to document war crimes

Case Western Reserve University law students are working with the Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office to initiate the first comprehensive…

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Yemen: ‘A great first step’ UN declares as aid team accesses grain silo which can feed millions

Yemen: ‘A great first step’ UN declares as aid team accesses grain silo which can feed millions

The first assessment of a major UN aid storage facility in war-torn Yemen has been carried out since it was cut off by fighting last September, the…

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The brutal war on children in Yemen continues unabated Across Yemen, 1.2 million children face active conflict every day

The brutal war on children in Yemen continues unabated Across Yemen, 1.2 million children face active conflict every day

Ahead of the Yemen Pledging Conference, UNICEF calls to prioritise children and respect their fundamental rights   Statement fro…

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More than half of $2.6bn aid to Yemen pledged by countries involved in war

More than half of $2.6bn aid to Yemen pledged by countries involved in war

More than half of $2.6bn (£1.9bn) in donations at a special one-day conference to ease humanitarian crisis in Yemen was pledged by countries that a…

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Saudis, UAE lead way with new funds for Yemen sought by UN

Saudis, UAE lead way with new funds for Yemen sought by UN

 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led the way Tuesday in contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to help Yemen, where their coun…

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UNICEF: 8 Yemen children killed, injured every day

UNICEF: 8 Yemen children killed, injured every day

Around 1.2 million Yemeni children live in conflict zones in war-battered Yemen, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said today. The children…

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10 Yemeni journalists abducted by Houthis face specialised terrorism court

10 Yemeni journalists abducted by Houthis face specialised terrorism court

Ten Yemeni journalists abducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) since June 2015 have been sent to face a specialised terrorism court. …

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American hostage freed after 18 months in captivity in Yemen

American hostage freed after 18 months in captivity in Yemen

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Monday afternoon that the government was able to recover a U.S. citizen that was held hostage in Yemen…

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12 Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi missile attack near Saudi border: official

12 Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi missile attack near Saudi border: official

At least 12 soldiers loyal to Yemeni exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi were killed and 60 others wounded in rebels' missile attack toward sou…

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