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Swarms of desert locusts arrive at Sanaa, Yemen

Swarms of desert locusts arrive at Sanaa, Yemen

A swarm of desert locusts are seen in the air in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 3, 2020. Desert locusts swarmed through the Yemeni Houthi-held capital Sanaa…

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Some Chicagoans stuck in Yemen during COVID-19 will be among first to return to US

Some Chicagoans stuck in Yemen during COVID-19 will be among first to return to US

Dozens of Chicagoans are caught in Yemen, what may be the world's worst COVID-19 country. Tonight, the I-Team is told that about fifty Chicago area…

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Houthi shelling of wedding party in Yemen kills child and his grandmother

Houthi shelling of wedding party in Yemen kills child and his grandmother

A boy, 4, was killed alongside his grandmother when a mortar attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck a wedding party in Yemen. The att…

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‘Eggstraordinary’: Yemen Boy Bags Guinness World Record For Building Tallest ‘egg Tower’

‘Eggstraordinary’: Yemen Boy Bags Guinness World Record For Building Tallest ‘egg Tower’

‘Super eggciting’ said internet users when they saw a video of a man building an ‘egg tower’ on Guinness World Records’ Instagram account. Mohammed…

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Yemeni actor Hassan Alwan dies from coronavirus aged 58

Yemeni actor Hassan Alwan dies from coronavirus aged 58

Yemeni actor Hassan Alwan died on Monday in the city of Ibb after contracting the coronavirus. Born in 1962, the actor suffered from pre-exi…

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Yemen's qat markets still draw crowds despite coronavirus threat

Yemen's qat markets still draw crowds despite coronavirus threat

Yemeni qat seller Hamdan Hussein’s customers still come daily to the crowded market to buy the addictive green stimulant, despite doctors’ concerns…

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Comprehensive WASH support to conflict affected populations in Yemen

Comprehensive WASH support to conflict affected populations in Yemen

Yemen is suffering from the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, derived from over five years of active conflict. Fighting has caused significan…

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Leading Yemen MP dies of coronavirus in Sudan

Leading Yemen MP dies of coronavirus in Sudan

Dr Saleh Al-Sanabani, a prominent Yemeni MP and representative of Al-Islah Party in parliament, died of the coronavirus yesterday morning in Sudan,…

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UAE facilitates return of 100 Yemeni nationals to their home country

UAE facilitates return of 100 Yemeni nationals to their home country

As part of its ongoing humanitarian efforts, the UAE today facilitated the return of 100 Yemeni citizens to Yemen. This initiative came i…

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Coronavirus in Yemen hard to gauge amid "chaos," so experts left to count graves

Coronavirus in Yemen hard to gauge amid "chaos," so experts left to count graves

Chaos in war-torn Yemen is obscuring the "horrific" extent of the coronavirus epidemic in the country, leaving scientists to make educated guesses…

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Yemeni gravediggers overwhelmed amid spike in virus deaths

Yemeni gravediggers overwhelmed amid spike in virus deaths

At a cemetery in Yemen's largest southern city, dozens of fresh graves were a testament to a spike in deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic.…

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Across China: Yemeni student praises China's anti-epidemic efforts to Arab world

Across China: Yemeni student praises China's anti-epidemic efforts to Arab world

Sana'a Ahmed Nagi has spent the past three years living in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and never left the city during the outbreak of CO…

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KSrelief Distributes 404 Ramadan Food Baskets in Marib, Yemen

KSrelief Distributes 404 Ramadan Food Baskets in Marib, Yemen

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday 404 Ramadan food baskets to displaced people from Al-Khaniq and Nih…

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Sanaa Unprepared for Coronavirus, Yemenis Use Humor to Hide Their Fears

Sanaa Unprepared for Coronavirus, Yemenis Use Humor to Hide Their Fears

Residents of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and other regions under control of the Iran-backed Houthi militias agree that the country is not really pre…

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Coronavirus: Yemen's qat markets flourish despite pandemic

Coronavirus: Yemen's qat markets flourish despite pandemic

While many of the world's markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat - the ubi…

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Yemen's gov't declares Aden disaster area following heavy rains

Yemen's gov't declares Aden disaster area following heavy rains

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government on Wednesday declared the country's southern port city of Aden an area of disaster following heavy rains and fla…

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At least seven dead in Yemen flash floods

At least seven dead in Yemen flash floods

At least seven people have been killed and 85 injured in flash flooding in Yemen this month, the UN said Tuesday, as the coronavirus threat also lo…

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Anti-coronavirus awareness campaigns launched in war-ravaged Yemen

Anti-coronavirus awareness campaigns launched in war-ravaged Yemen

Local humanitarian organizations on Saturday continued to launch awareness campaigns in various war-ravaged Yemeni areas about preventive measures…

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Yemen's Capital Inundated By Floodwaters

Yemen's Capital Inundated By Floodwaters

The clean up began in Yemen's rebel-held capital of Sanaa on Tuesday after floodwaters swept through parts of the city, overturning cars and damagi…

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To Glorify Houthi Ideology : Militias Change Names of Yemeni Schools

To Glorify Houthi Ideology : Militias Change Names of Yemeni Schools

Ever since their coup against the legitimate Yemeni government, the Iran-backed Houthi militias have never ceased their efforts to alter the countr…

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