Press Releases

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(MENAFN) The UN Secretary-General has reiterated his demand for the swift release of dozens of UN and humanitarian workers held in Yemen, as the situation reaches the second anniversary of a large-scale arrest campaign carried out by the Houthi...

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(MENAFN) A cargo ship sailing southwest of Yemen was involved in a security incident after a small boat carrying six armed individuals approached the vessel, according to reports citing maritime authorities.

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(MENAFN) A cargo vessel reported coming under approach from a small boat carrying six armed individuals while sailing approximately 88 nautical miles southwest of Balhaf, Yemen, on Wednesday, according to reports citing a UK maritime authority....

EIN Presswire

EU-funded Cash Consortium of Yemen delivers emergency cash assistance to nearly 500,000 people, including 201,000 women and girls, across war-torn Yemen.

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(MENAFN) Fierce fighting broke out Tuesday between Yemeni government troops and Houthi forces in the western province of Hodeidah, reigniting tensions along one of the country's most strategically sensitive frontlines, a state broadcaster...

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(MENAFN) Israel temporarily closed its airspace on Monday after intercepting a missile fired from Yemen, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israel temporarily grounded all air traffic Monday following the successful interception of a missile launched from Yemen, as the country's skies became the latest flashpoint in a rapidly widening regional crisis, media reported.

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(MENAFN) Israel temporarily closed its airspace Monday following the successful interception of a missile launched from Yemen, with sirens triggering alerts across the greater Tel Aviv area and stretching into parts of central and southern Israel,...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations Security Council has renewed its call for the immediate release of UN staff, humanitarian workers, and diplomatic personnel detained by Yemen’s Houthi movement, as the second anniversary of large-scale detentions...

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(MENAFN) The World Bank Group has greenlit a sweeping new Country Partnership Framework spanning 2026 to 2030, alongside four critical development projects valued at 285 million U.S. dollars, aimed at rebuilding conflict-devastated Yemen, the...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations Security Council on Friday denounced the continued imprisonment of UN staff members, humanitarian workers, and diplomatic personnel by Yemen’s Houthi movement, as the second anniversary of the large-scale detentions...

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(MENAFN) The leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement stated on Monday that the group is prepared militarily for any potential US action against Iran, warning that further escalation could reverberate across the region, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) A products tanker navigating waters west of Yemen’s Socotra Island was approached by a small boat carrying five individuals, though the craft later changed direction after armed guards aboard the ship were activated, according to maritime...

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(MENAFN) A products tanker deployed its armed security detail Friday to repel a suspicious small vessel that closed within 100 meters of the ship near the Yemeni island of Socotra, the UK's maritime safety authority disclosed Saturday.

International Committee of the Red Cross

The ICRC does not determine who will be released or not. This is the responsibility of the parties to the conflict.

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(MENAFN) The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and the European Union Delegation to Yemen call on Sunday for the release of nine journalists detained across the country, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Houthi forces in Yemen downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the eastern Marib Governorate, local media reported Monday, in what would mark a significant strike against American surveillance and counterterrorism assets in the region....

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(MENAFN) Yemen’s foreign minister has warned that any attempt by foreign-backed proxy forces to gain influence over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait could pose a serious risk to global security, according to remarks made on Friday.

International Committee of the Red Cross

The positive outcome of negotiations in Amman, co-chaired by the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Yemen and the ICRC, represents a crucial step forward. “Today’s agreement has brought families closer...

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(MENAFN) Egypt confirmed Monday that an oil tanker carrying Egyptian sailors was hijacked off the coast of Yemen and later taken into Somali waters.