On Tuesday, the World Food Program (WFP) said it had paused general food distribution in north Yemen due to limited funding and disagreement with local authorities over how to focus on the poorest there. The WFP said the decision was taken in consultation with donors and came after a yea...
Approximately 10,000 Yemeni families have been displaced since the beginning of 2023, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In its latest report on Monday, the organization stated that it documented the displacement of 9,643 families (57,858 individuals) who mo...
A British cargo ship is believed to have been hit by rocket fire while in the Red Sea, maritime security company Ambrey said on Sunday. "A British Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier was reportedly attacked by rocket fire while crossing the Red Sea, approximately 34.5 km west-northwest of ...
The UN Security Council on Friday condemned the hijacking of an Israeli-linked vessel in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi group. In a press statement, the members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the seizure of the Galaxy Leader with 25 crew members on board in t...
On Thursday, Britain announced that it was sending one of its most advanced naval vessels to the Gulf to shore up its presence in the region. The HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, will conduct operations to ensure freedom of navigation, reassure merchant vessels and ensure the safe flow ...
Major General Tareq Saleh, a member of the Presidential Council, discussed maritime security threats in the Red Sea with Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh during a meeting in Djibouti, said the state-run News Agency on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed regional and int...
The founding body of the Hadhramout National Council said in a press conference held in Riyadh that it had finished "preparing drafts, projects and all documents and literature for the Council, including the statute, organizational structure and internal regulations of the Hadhramau...
Yemen's internationally recognized government has requested the U.S. and the international community to classify the Houthis as terrorists for jeopardizing shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Yemen Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Haidan said during a meeting with foreign di...
Daily Brief The United Nations has confirmed that Yemen faces two extreme climate conditions: severe drought and intense floods. This has exacerbated economic instability in the country, prompting the UN to choose the Marib governorate as a focal point for transitioning from emergenc...
A suspected Iranian drone hit Friday an Israeli-owned container ship in the Indian Ocean, an American defense official said on Saturday. The attack comes as threats to global shipping increase as a result of the Gaza-Israel conflict, which risks plunging the region into a wider reg...
Thirty-eight Yemeni fishermen returned home on Wednesday after several weeks of detention in Eritrea. Yemeni authorities the 38 men returned after spending more than two months in an Eritrean prison. A group of 54 Yemeni fishermen imprisoned in Eritrea for a year arrived in the Houthi-co...
The Philippine government said on Wednesday that 17 of its citizens are among the 25 sailors held hostage by the Houthis in Yemen. On Sunday, the Houthis seized the Israeli-linked Galaxy Leader, which was traveling under the flag of The Bahamas in the Red Sea. They diverted it to Yemen&#...
Yemen’s Houthi, who seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea, were backed, supported and potentially trained by Iranian authorities, a U.S. official said. New photos of the helicopter-borne Houthi attack on the Galaxy Leader show "all the signs" that I...
Japan has approached Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) group in a bid to secure the release of the Galaxy Leader, hijacked in the Red Sea. Japan says it is "directly approaching" the Houthis, who seized a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Sunday, reported Al Jazeera English. Tokyo sa...
Fifty-four fishermen arrived in Al-Hudaydahprovince after months of kidnapping and torture in the prisons of the Eritrean authorities, the Houthi-run Saba News Agency said on Sunday. The Deputy Head of the Red Sea Fisheries Authority, Abdul Malik Sabra, said some...
The Yemeni Coast Guard on Sunday rescued 26 migrants of African nationalities after their boat sank in international waters off the coast of Mocha to the west of Yemen. The state-run Saba News Agency reported that 26 African migrants were rescued out of a total of 75 people, including wo...
The Houthi group announced an increase in fuel prices in areas under their control in northern Yemen. In a release, the Sanaa-based oil company stated that "after calculating the costs of fuel ships recently arriving at the ports of Al-Hudaydah through fuel product importers, the fu...
The Yemeni government warned against Houthi efforts to drag the country back into a full-scale war after the truce the country has seen since April last tear. Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani, said in a statement on X, "We warn against the dangerous and continuous...
Tim Lenderking, the U.S. special envoy to Yemen, has warned that peace efforts on Yemen must not be wasted as the Gaza-Israel war rages on. "We've made tremendous progress on the peace process, and these peace efforts should not be squandered," Mr Lenderking told ...
The Yemeni government said that the Houthi group is behind the assassination attempt on the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Saghir bin Aziz. Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani said the assassination attempt was carried out by detonating a car bomb while bin A...
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