A member of the Yemeni government delegation participating in consultations with the Houthis in Sweden yesterday denied reaching an agreement with UN envoy, Martin Griffiths on a framework for...

The United Nations proposed at initial talks between Yemen’s warring parties on Tuesday that they withdraw from the contested port city of Hodeidah, a lifeline for millions facing famine,...

Yemen’s government and Houthi rebels will exchange some 16,000 prisoners after 40 days, said a member of the Yemeni delegation of ongoing peace talks in Sweden, Anadolu Agency reports. Hadi Haig, who...

Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has proposed reopening the Houthi-held airport in the capital Sanaa on condition planes are inspected in the airports of Aden or Sayun which are under its...

The Yemeni Foreign Minister and head of the government delegation Khalid Al-Yamani said it has been agreed that extra participants in the Houthi delegation would be removed from peace...

A Houthi delegation arrived in Sweden late on Tuesday to participate in the UN-sponsored peace talks; a delegation member told Anadolu news agency. According to the unnamed member; the...

Is Yemen one step closer to peace?

is Yemen one step closer to peace?

The United Nations special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths arrived in the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa on Monday to accompany the Houthis delegation to Sweden to participate in the...

Iran backs UN-sponsored peace talks in Yemen, state media reported earlier today, with Tehran stating that it was ready to help find a political solution to the conflict. “Iran...

Qatar will more than double its naval forces by 2025 as a massive new base comes online and it expands a national service programme amid a protracted dispute with...

As pressure grows for a ceasefire in Yemen it seems likely that there will be some form of de-escalation soon, if not a full-fledged ceasefire. Indeed, a modest de-escalation...

Operations at Yemen’s lifeline port of Hodeidah have nearly halved in two weeks, with shipping companies deterred by insecurity in the flashpoint Houthi-held city, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP)...

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said yesterday that her country is ready to host the UN sponsored talks between the internationally recognised Yemeni government and the Houthis. Wallstrom told...

The flotilla led by Swedish Christian-Zionist Stefan Abrahamsson arrived in Israel last night, 48 days after it set sail to protest this summer’s pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla and show “solidarity”...

Sweden headed for a hung parliament after an election on Sunday that saw support for the nationalist Sweden Democrats surge, as one of Europe’s most liberal nations turned right...

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the US over its decision to end funding for the UN Palestine refugee agency. “The decision of the United States will affect the...

The Israeli navy illegally boarded the 2018 Freedom Flotilla sailing to Gaza to break the blockade imposed on the territory since 2007

Canada has asked its allies to help de-escalate tensions with Saudi Arabia, news agencies reported an informed government source saying. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said...

Swedish companies have been “gradually” trimming their business operations in Iran following the re-imposition of the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, the Swedish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs...

Swedish activists Charlie Andreasson and Divina Levrini, who were detained by the Israeli authorities on Monday while trying to break the blockade on Gaza, returned to their country on...

Israeli authorities began deporting several of the international solidarity activists who were aboard the Al-Awda ship of the Freedom Flotilla, Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege announced yesterday....

Iraqi football officials are confident that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will sign up to lead the country at next year’s Asian Cup finals, sources have told Reuters. Eriksson...

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström called on Friday for the Israeli government to lift its 12-year-old siege of the Gaza Strip and to allow medical aid into the coastal...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has been barred from entering Israel after 11 months of his #WalkToPalestine campaign

The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an urgent halt to a Saudi- and United Arab Emirates-led offensive in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, calling for the port to...

Palestinian cultural groups and journalists are urging a boycott of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest to be hosted by Israel, in a new statement published Tuesday. The statement, signed...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has arrived in Lebanon as he edges closer to completing his #WalkToPalestine campaign. The 24 year-old, who has walked more than 4,000 kilometres since the...

On Tuesday 15 May, three Swedish boats met in the Danish Straits near Copenhagen to start a voyage that would take them across channels and seas all the way...

A new Freedom Flotilla has set sail from Europe to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported today. The Hebrew Maariv newspaper stated that four large...

Swedish #WalkToPalestine activist Benjamin Ladraa was presented with a prize at the International Mount of Olives Peace Awards earlier this week in recognition of his activism for the Palestinian...

Emergency food aid for around a million Palestinians in Gaza may run out from June if the UN agency for Palestinian refugees cannot raise another $200 million following a...