Yemen

Britain's Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Agency said, on Friday, a vessel was involved in an "incident" south of Yemen's coastal town of Nishtun, downgrading the event from an "attack",...

A private yacht with three Russians and two Egyptians on board, which had been reported missing in the Red Sea off Yemen, turned up in Djibouti on Thursday after...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it has helped over 3,200 African migrants, including 254 unaccompanied children, return safely to their countries of origin from Yemen this year,...

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have warned Saudi Arabia that they will strike the Kingdom and its coalition allies if attacked, as the two sides continue to engage in talks...

The coalition's sea and air blockade of Houthi-controlled ports and Sana'a airport is to blame, according to the Houthis, for the shortages of essential goods in the import-dependent nation.

Approval ratings of Saudi Arabia's leadership was found to be higher than Iran's across all 13 Muslim-majority countries surveyed by in a poll conducted by US analytics firm, Gallup....

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Saudi Arabia could regret its rapprochement with Tehran as Iran is the reason for most of the problems in the Middle East,...

An event for impoverished Sanaa residents to collect food and other aid before the Eid Al-Fitr celebrations ended in a stampede and crush, with at least 85 people dead and over 322 injured, according to Houthi authorities. The tragedy comes just when it seemed Yemen's luck was changing, with recent talks and a prisoner swap evidence of the beginnings of a peace process. As Muslims around the world celebrate the end of Ramadan, many families in Sanaa will be in mourning over the Eid festivities

Saudi Arabia has issued 500,000 work visas and 350,000 family visit visas to Yemenis since mid-2018, the Saudi Ambassador in Sanaa, Muhammad Saeed Al-Jaber, said yesterday. In a statement,...

After 8 years of war, Saudi is holding talks with the Houthis in Yemen in an effort to bring an end to the conflict, but are things changing?

An emotional moment caught on camera shows a freed Yemen prisoner-of-war being reunited with his son, whom he has not seen in years and is only able to identify by his name. The man was released as part of a prisoner swap between the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi forces, which could mark the start of a lasting peace deal in Yemen.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied media reports claiming Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah will visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, tomorrow. The ministry...

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are working to reopen their embassies in each other's countries "in the coming weeks", a senior Qatari diplomat said yesterday. Majid Al-Ansari,...

Italy yesterday lifted the embargo it placed on arms sales to the UAE given the latter's declining presence in Yemen. An official statement from the Italian government stated that the decision...

Iran has officially invited Saudi Arabia's King to visit the country, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of...

Days after the ouster of long-serving President Omar Al-Bashir, Lt.-Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has emerged as the most powerful man in Sudan. Dagalo, better known by his nickname, Hemedti,...

A prisoner swap between the internationally-recognised Yemeni government and Houthi forces has been completed, raising hopes for a permanent ceasefire and an end to the 8-year conflict in Yemen. Yemeni government forces have been backed by a Saudi-led coalition in a fight against the Houthis. The prisoner swap took place as all of the warring parties sat down in the capital Sanaa to discuss lasting peace on the Arabian Peninsula.

The president of the Houthi-led government in Yemen, Mahdi Al-Mashat has stated yesterday that another round negotiations with Saudi Arabia will take place after Eid Al-Fitr next week, which...

A senior delegation representing the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas – is to visit Saudi Arabia today after years of declining relations, according to Arabic media reports. According...

Senior US officials met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this week, signalling an improvement in recent strained relations between Washington and Riyadh. According to the news...

The United Nations (UN) Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg on Friday welcomed the start of the process of releasing around 900 detainees in connection with the conflict in Yemen,...

The implementation of the prisoner exchange deal began in Yemen on Friday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Anadolu News Agency reports. "Today, the process...

A Yemeni man held in Guantanamo Bay for over 20 years without charge or trial will remain in detention despite a US court ruling that he does not pose...

Some 264 Ethiopian migrants have been repatriated from Yemen, the United Nations' International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday. IOM pointed out that the Ethiopian nationals were on board...

Delegations from Saudi Arabia and Oman have achieved "tangible progress" during peace talks with the Yemeni Houthi leaders currently taking place in the capital, Sana'a, Anadolu News Agency reported,...

In a surprising turn of events, Saudi Arabia held a meeting with AnsarAllah ("Houthi") officials in Sana'a on Sunday, marking a potential shift in the dynamics of the long-standing...

After nearly nine years of war in Yemen, control of the country's territory stands divided among three major players: The internationally recognised government, Houthi rebels and the separatist Southern...

Iran's Embassy in Saudi Arabia reopened its gates on Wednesday for the first time in seven years, a Reuters witness said, under a deal to re-establish ties that could...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) supports the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts to reach a political solution to the Yemeni crisis, CNN quoted a high-ranking Emirati official saying yesterday....

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen announced, on Tuesday, that it does not seek secession, but rather to restore its fully sovereign state, considering that restoring the State...

The Yemeni government said, Tuesday, the prisoner exchange process with the Houthis will begin on Thursday, 13 April, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing an unnamed government source. The source...

Hopes to end nine devastating years of conflict are at an all-time high in Yemen since Sunday's talks between Iran-aligned Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, the main backer of...