UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths to step down due to health reasons

[ad_1] Griffiths has worked as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs for three years.UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who has played a key role in pressing for aid to the Gaza Strip and led earlier efforts for Yemen, has announced...

Warnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war

[ad_1] About four and a half million children are not in education in Yemen, while half of the country is in desperate need of medical aid, NGOs have warned. Reports released on Monday said two in five Yemeni children are...

What we know about deadly Houthi attack on cargo ship

[ad_1] NewsFeedAt least three people have died in a Houthi attack on a merchant ship near Yemen, the first fatalities since the group began strikes in response to Israel’s war on Gaza. Here’s what we know.Published On 7 Mar 20247...

Houthi missile attack forces crew to abandon ship in Gulf of Aden

[ad_1] Officials say the attack on the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship has caused fatalities.The Greek-owned cargo ship True Confidence has been hit by a missile about 50 nautical miles (93km) southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden in an attack claimed...

China does not have the leverage to end the Red Sea crisis; the US does

[ad_1] In the beginning of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, China appeared to be on the same page with its regional partners, Saudi Arabia and Iran, when it came to the big questions. All three condemned the Israeli aggression, called...

Rubymar cargo ship earlier hit by Houthis has sunk, Yemeni government says

[ad_1] The UK-owned bulk carrier was struck on February 18 with multiple missiles resulting in an oil slick in the Red Sea.The cargo ship Rubymar, which was abandoned in the southern Red Sea after being targeted by Houthi rebels last...

Can US strikes on Yemen’s Houthis be justified as ‘self-defence’?

[ad_1] Israel has used it as justification for the slaughter of more than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza – with thousands more lost under the rubble and presumed dead – in under five months. And, now, the United States has used...