The United Nations said Friday it is encouraged that a U.N. team may be able to visit an oil tanker loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude oil that is moored off the coast of Yemen, posing a serious risk to Red Sea marine life, desalination plants and shipping. Houthis, who control the area   Details..>>

Cash transfers from Yemenis abroad to their country have declined by 80 per cent in the first four months of 2020, Oxfam announced on Thursday. “Remittances dropped by 80 per cent – or $253 million – in the first four months of 2020 as a result of mass job losses across the G   Details..>>

 Lebanon's economic crisis is getting out of hand, the UN rights chief warned Friday, calling for urgent internal reforms coupled with international support to prevent further mayhem. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the social fabric of the c   Details..>>

Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the United Nations's World Food Programme (WFP) has said. The WFP said on Friday it needed $737m to the end of the year to keep its aid programme running in the war-torn country, wh   Details..>>

  In Yemen’s Taiz, cemetery supervisor Dabwan al-Makhlaafi had to hire mechanical diggers to keep up with demand for new graves at a cemetery originally built for fallen government fighters, as coronavirus spreads through the war-torn country.   “Workers were not abl   Details..>>

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen said it destroyed two explosive-laden boats in the Red Sea, according to Saudi state TV. The two remotely controlled boats were threatening navigation, the coalition said on Thursday. The boats were destroyed south of the Yeme   Details..>>

 It’s hard to say what exactly will change in the West Bank if Israel follows through on its plans to annex parts of the occupied territory, but east Jerusalem, which was annexed more than a half-century ago, may provide some answers. Israeli leaders paint Jerusalem as a model of co   Details..>>

Yemen’s Houthi group on Tuesday threatened to attack royal palaces in Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a press conference in Sanaa, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree called on Saudi civilians and residents to stay away from palaces of Saudi officials. “These palaces have become on the list o   Details..>>

The United Kingdom will resume weapons sales to Saudi Arabia despite international concerns that some could be used in the war in Yemen. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss told Parliament on Tuesday that a government assessment suggested, "There is not a clear risk that the export of arms   Details..>>

The festering dispute between France and Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea has shone a glaring searchlight on NATO’s struggle to keep order among its ranks and exposed weaknesses in a military alliance that can only take action by consensus. The dispute has also revea   Details..>>