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Medical aid group halts activities in Yemen's Aden

Medical aid group halts activities in Yemen's Aden

The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday that it decided to suspend its activities in the southern port city…

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Young girl faces being sent back to Yemen after having eye removed to treat cancer

Young girl faces being sent back to Yemen after having eye removed to treat cancer

A little girl suffering from cancer in war-torn Yemen has had to have her eye removed. Yusra is considered one of the lucky ones after she was evac…

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Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting 'disastrous' epidemic

Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting 'disastrous' epidemic

Yemeni doctor Mohammed Abdul-Mughni described the surge in cholera cases he was treating as “disastrous” in a country battered by years of war and…

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Coin Stall raises over $3,000 for children in Yemen

Coin Stall raises over $3,000 for children in Yemen

Members of the Coldwater High School Interact Club raised international awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen Friday by hosting a Coin Stal…

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Students rally against humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Students rally against humanitarian crisis in Yemen

The tragedy unraveling in Yemen is rarely in the headlines but a group of Drexel University students are actively tabling on campus to raise awaren…

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Irish nurse in Yemen: ‘Women here are stronger than people imagine’

Irish nurse in Yemen: ‘Women here are stronger than people imagine’

Irish nurse Avril Patterson spent four years working in Syria before moving to Yemen last year. She has grown accustomed to working in co…

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Family of ISIS Bride Hoda Muthana denied expedited consideration in case to bring her back stateside

Family of ISIS Bride Hoda Muthana denied expedited consideration in case to bring her back stateside

A push to get an ISIS woman back into the states hit a speed bump for the woman's family Monday. The family of Hoda Muthana is suing the Trump Admi…

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Yemen fights back as Al Houthis plunder history

Yemen fights back as Al Houthis plunder history

Yemen’s deputy culture minister, Abdul Hadi Al Azazi, remembers standing two years ago amid the rubble of a national museum in his war-torn hometow…

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Trump meets with man held hostage in Yemen

Trump meets with man held hostage in Yemen

President Trump met with Danny Burch, the American held hostage in Yemen, and his family to the White House Wednesday.  Burch was fr…

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Yemen stops issuing passports

Yemen stops issuing passports

Yemeni authorities have stopped issuing passports as a result of the high demand, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported yesterday. A source in the…

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Yemeni Government Raises Alarm on Houthi Smuggling of National Relics

Yemeni Government Raises Alarm on Houthi Smuggling of National Relics

A Yemeni government security official confirmed influential Houthi leaders involvement in illegal antiquities trade. Yemeni Deputy Interi…

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Yemen's farmers forced to eat leaves as war devastates harvests

Yemen's farmers forced to eat leaves as war devastates harvests

Khalid Abdullah, a 33-year-old resident of Yemen's Hajjah governorate, used to work on the farms he had inherited from his father. He wou…

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QRCS joins hands with Yemeni counterpart to provide health care in Dhale

QRCS joins hands with Yemeni counterpart to provide health care in Dhale

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Yemen Red Crescent Society, in order to work together on a new proj…

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Coffee Yemeni culture at heart of One Book One Island celebration

Coffee Yemeni culture at heart of One Book One Island celebration

Last month, Molly Anderson sipped her first cup of freshly-ground Yemeni coffee at The Bean, where owner Wes Van Cott had purchased dozens of bags…

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Cardiff family plea for grandson's release from Yemen

Cardiff family plea for grandson's release from Yemen

A grandfather has spoken of his anger and anguish over the plight of his grandson - imprisoned without charge in war-torn Yemen for nearly two year…

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Taoyuan Ximen Elementary School raised $5,400 for Yemen

Taoyuan Ximen Elementary School raised $5,400 for Yemen

The students was inspired by Yemen news, and decided to raise funds for Yemen relief. They came up with an idea for hand-Christmas cards and hand-R…

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Graffiti campaign staged to call for world's attention on Yemen

Graffiti campaign staged to call for world's attention on Yemen

A Yemeni artist paints on a wall in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 21, 2019. A graffiti campaign by Yemeni artists was staged to call for the world's attention…

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Yemen Army Launches Retaliatory Attacks against Militants in Asir, Jizan

Yemen Army Launches Retaliatory Attacks against Militants in Asir, Jizan

Yemeni troops and fighters from popular committees launched retaliatory attacks against Saudi-backed mercenaries in the kingdom’s border regions of…

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UAE's 200-tonne food convoy dispatched to Yemen's Red Sea Coast

UAE's 200-tonne food convoy dispatched to Yemen's Red Sea Coast

The Emirates Red Crescent dispatched a new relief food convoy to recently liberated areas across Yemen's Red Sea coast as part of the country's con…

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Emirates Red Crescent begins Yemen water supply project Phase 1

Emirates Red Crescent begins Yemen water supply project Phase 1

The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) began the first phase of works on a water supply project in the Lawdar District of the Abyan Governorate in Yemen.…

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