Yemen

Yemen

World Food Programme terminates staff contracts in rebel-held Yemen

An estimated 4.8 million people remain internally displaced across Yemen, the WFP says, in what the UN says is one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

29/01/2026

Yemen

Five people killed as gunmen attack Yemeni official's motorcade

At least five people were killed in the attacks which targeted a high-ranking member of Yemen’s internationally recognised government. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack as officials launch an investigation to determine to bring those responsible to justice.

25/11/2025

Yemen

Houthis free five UN workers but 15 foreign staff still confined

Iran-backed Houthi rebels raided UN compound in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Saturday and detained 20 staff in latest action against the organisation.

21/10/2025

Yemen

New airstrip on island off Yemen to counter Houthi Red Sea activities

Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC show the construction of a nearly 2,000-metre runway on Zuqar Island, some 90 kilometres southeast of the Houthi-held port city of Hodeida.

20/10/2025

Yemen

Houthis arrest nine more UN staff in Yemen, sparking condemnation

The Iran-backed Houthis' crackdown on the United Nations has seen the rebels arbitrarily detain 53 UN staff since 2021.

07/10/2025

Yemen

Attack by Houthi rebels sets ship ablaze off Yemen, officials say

The Houthi rebels in Yemen did not immediately claim responsibility for the presumed strike, but it can take hours or even days before they claim their assaults.

29/09/2025

Yemen

Several wounded after drone fired from Yemen hits Israel, medics say

Police in Eilat said bomb disposal experts were examining the nature of the drone and advised the public to stay away from the crash site.

24/09/2025

Yemen

Funeral held in Sanaa for Yemeni journalists killed in Israeli strikes

Houthi officials reported the death of almost three dozen journalists who were killed in last week’s Israeli airstrikes on the rebel-held capital Sanaa.

16/09/2025

Yemen

At least nine killed in Israeli air strikes on Yemen, Houthi TV says

Houthi-backed President Mahdi al-Mashat vowed on Wednesday to continue attacks, warning Israelis to "stay alarmed since the response is coming without fail."

10/09/2025

Yemen

Iran-backed Houthi PM killed in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's capital

Iran-backed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa, according to Yemeni and Israeli reports. The strikes also targeted top military officials, including the group's defence minister.

29/08/2025

Yemen

Israeli air strikes hit Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media say

Thursday's strikes come after the Israeli military struck Sanaa on Sunday, killing at least 10 people.

28/08/2025

Yemen

Death toll from Israeli strikes on Yemen's capital rises to 10

The Israeli strikes hit a facility owned by Yemen’s main oil company along with a power plant and a military site in an area where the presidential palace is located, according to the Houthis and Israel's military.

25/08/2025

Yemen

Israeli airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthis rock Yemen's capital

At least six people were killed and 86 injured after multiple areas across the Yemeni capital of Sanaa were hit by Israeli airstrikes, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.

25/08/2025

World News

Scores of migrants die after boat capsizes off Yemen coast, says UN

A boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsized off Yemen, killing 68 and leaving over 70 missing.

04/08/2025

Yemen

Yemen's Houthis vow to ramp up attacks on ships linked to Israel

The Iran-aligned rebel group said countries should pressure Israel to stop the war in Gaza and lift its blockade "if they want to avoid this escalation".

29/07/2025

Europe News

German court rejects Yemeni case over 2012 US drone strike deaths

In summer 2012, two members of the bin Ali Jaber family were killed in a US drone strike targeting alleged members of al-Qaeda in the Yemeni village of Khashamir.

15/07/2025