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Diphtheria cases rising in Yemen amid vaccine shortage: WHO
Dec 02, 2017 02:30The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against the rising number of diphtheria cases in Yemen amid a dire shortage of vaccine caused by the Saudi-led blockade of the impoverished country.
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Yemen: Tens of thousands gather for Prophet’s birthday after deadly clashes
Dec 01, 2017 15:31Tens of thousands of Yemenis gathered in Sanaa on Thursday to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad one day after deadly clashes in the city.
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UN wants Saudi-led siege on Yemen totally lifted
Dec 01, 2017 12:31The chief of the United Nations' humanitarian affairs office has stressed that the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen has to be totally lifted.
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MEPs urge Saudi arms ban, blast EU members for continued sales amid Yemen war
Dec 01, 2017 04:09European Union lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the bloc to slap an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, which is leading a brutal military campaign against Yemen.
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Yemeni army ballistic missile pounds target inside Saudi Arabia
Dec 01, 2017 04:05The Yemeni army, backed by Houthi Ansarullah fighters, has fired a medium-range ballistic missile at a Saudi military target inside the Arab kingdom, the second such missile attack this month after Yemenis threatened to retaliate over a crippling blockade the so-called Saudi-led military coalition has imposed on the impoverished nation.
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Yemen’s Houthi leader threatens to hit back over Saudi blockade
Nov 30, 2017 16:06The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has promised retaliatory attacks in response to a land, aerial and naval blockade imposed on his impoverished country by a Saudi-led military alliance.
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Red Cross buying fuel to pump clean water in Yemen
Nov 29, 2017 14:08The Red Cross says it is making a "stop-gap" purchase of fuel to provide clean water for one million people in the Yemeni cities of Hudaydah and Ta'izz for one month amid the ongoing Saudi-led war on the impoverished Arab country.
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A rights group calls for probe into UAE’s war crimes in Yemen
Nov 28, 2017 05:59A law suit has been filed against the United Arab Emirates with the ICC over its collaboration with Saudi Arabia in its deadly war against Yemen.
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Amnesty International urges Greece to scrap Saudi arms sale amid war on Yemen
Nov 28, 2017 04:35Amnesty International has demanded that Greece scrap a controversial arms sale to Saudi Arabia as the Riyadh regime has been leading a brutal military campaign against Yemen for more than two years.
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UN calls on Saudi-led coalition to fully open Yemen ports
Nov 28, 2017 02:58A senior UN official says Saudi Arabia’s slight easing of its blockade on Yemen is not enough to stop the impoverished country from plunging into famine, urging further measures to alleviate the humanitarian crisis.