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Community Health Workers Are Yemen’s Superheroes

Community Health Workers Are Yemen’s Superheroes

Staying alive in Yemen, now in its sixth year of civil war, is not easy. More than 24 million people — some 80 percent of the population — is in ne…

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Skaneateles woman freed after 16 months as hostage in Yemen following U.S.-brokered deal

Skaneateles woman freed after 16 months as hostage in Yemen following U.S.-brokered deal

Skaneateles, NY -- A Skaneateles woman is flying home today after being held hostage in Yemen for 16 months, her family confirmed to Syracuse.com |…

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Yemen officials say man has killed 12 in family dispute

Yemen officials say man has killed 12 in family dispute

 A Yemeni man killed at least a dozen people, including his wife and three children, in a family dispute in the country's central province of…

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Kidnapping and raping 92 people .. Details of a Yemeni execution..

Kidnapping and raping 92 people .. Details of a Yemeni execution..

On Saturday, the Specialized First Instance Criminal Court in Sanaa ruled to execute a person named Abdul Rahman Muhammad Hammoud Al-Shuja (25 years),…

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Yemen’s Houthi rebel group bans WhatsApp

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group bans WhatsApp

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has banned and criminalized using WhatsApp application in the southwestern Ibb province which is under its control.…

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Twitter suspends account of Al Masirah TV run by Yemen's Houthi rebles

Twitter suspends account of Al Masirah TV run by Yemen's Houthi rebles

The Twitter account of Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, was suspended on Wednesday.…

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Yemeni patients return to their country after receiving medical care in Jordan

Yemeni patients return to their country after receiving medical care in Jordan

Yemeni patients have returned back to their country after receiving medical care in Jordan for diseases that cannot be treated in Yemen, local dail…

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Egypt's Alexandria Airlines cleared for flights to southern Yemen

Egypt's Alexandria Airlines cleared for flights to southern Yemen

Egypt’s Alexandria Airlines will to start flights between Cairo and southern Yemen this week, increasing international travel options from the gove…

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Yemenis Return Home after 'Mercy Flight' to Jordan

Yemenis Return Home after 'Mercy Flight' to Jordan

Yemenis who were airlifted to Jordan to undergo treatment for critical illnesses earlier this year were brought home on Sunday on a flight into the…

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"The treasure of Yemen" International Coffee Day is celebrated in Sana'a

"The treasure of Yemen" International Coffee Day is celebrated in Sana'a

In Yemen, different kinds of fresh and roasted local coffee grains are tasted at a festival in the Huthi-held capital Sana'a, to mark International…

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Yemeni man born without arms on writing with his feet and overcoming in a warzone

Yemeni man born without arms on writing with his feet and overcoming in a warzone

Watching Khalil Abdullah Al Shahid write, his letters neat and beautifully formed, it is easy to believe that nothing is impossible. Born…

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Meet the 23-year-old female kickboxer teaching Yemeni girls self-defense

Meet the 23-year-old female kickboxer teaching Yemeni girls self-defense

Seham Amer is a kickboxing pioneer in Yemen. Often considered the first of her kind, Amer trains girls in martial arts. While Amer and her students…

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Donkeys turn into prized asset as Yemen economy sags

Donkeys turn into prized asset as Yemen economy sags

More than five years of war have “devastated the lives of tens of millions of Yemenis”, with experts estimating that up to one million may have bee…

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Coronavirus: Yemen in denial about COVID-19 - and worse still, there's a fog of mystery over how many are dying

Coronavirus: Yemen in denial about COVID-19 - and worse still, there's a fog of mystery over how many are dying

"There's no corona in Yemen," one man tells us as others gather around, nodding in agreement. "There's no corona at all… People are lying. They're…

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Arm wrestling competition held in Yemen's Aden for 1st time

Arm wrestling competition held in Yemen's Aden for 1st time

Scores of Yemeni people Friday headed to a public square to watch an arm wrestling competition held in the war-ravaged Arab country. The…

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Angelina Jolie backs 6-year-old UK boys raising money for Yemen

Angelina Jolie backs 6-year-old UK boys raising money for Yemen

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has made “an extremely generous” donation to two young boys who have been selling lemonade to raise money for peop…

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Kuwait-funded field hospital opens in Yemen

Kuwait-funded field hospital opens in Yemen

A Covid-19 field hospital was inaugurated in Tarim town, Hadhramaut governorate, Yemen, on Sunday with funding from Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KR…

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Hammoud resolution urges federal aid for Yemen

Hammoud resolution urges federal aid for Yemen

State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) introduced House Resolution 308 on Sept. 2, urging the U.S. government to condemn the war in Yemen, formal…

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Deal signed to empower Yemeni women

Deal signed to empower Yemeni women

A deal has been signed to empower women in Yemen and develop their role in the economy, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The joint cooper…

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Yemen court grants interim stay on Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s death penalty

Yemen court grants interim stay on Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s death penalty

Nimisha, who hails from Palakkad, was found guilty of murdering Talal Abdo Mahdi in 2017 and disposing of his body in a water tank at her house aft…

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