Pakistani Crew Safe After LPG Tanker Held by Houthis in Yemen Islamabad – A Pakistani-led LPG tanker, carrying 27 crew members, has been safely released after being held by Houthi forces off the coast of Yemen, officials confirmed. According to Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Overseas Pakistanis, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, the tanker, which included 24 […]
Drone Attack Hits Eilat on Jewish New Year, 22 Injured EILAT, Israel – Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a drone attack that struck the Israeli resort city of Eilat on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. According to the Israeli military, the drone “fell in the area of […]
Yemen Coast Guard to Get Training, Funding to Counter Piracy and Smuggling Riyadh – Yemen’s internationally recognised government will see its coastguard strengthened under a new agreement announced in Riyadh, aimed at tackling piracy, human trafficking, and smuggling along its waters. The initiative, backed by more than 35 countries including Australia, Canada, Japan, the United […]
UN Staff Detained by Houthis in Yemen, UN Calls for Immediate Release SANA’A, Yemen — The Houthi authorities have not yet commented on reports that they raided UN offices and detained staff, but the group has a history of arresting international aid workers. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the detentions, calling for the “immediate and […]
Israel Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen Amid Ongoing Gaza Conflict Spillover SANA’A – Residents reported to Reuters that airstrikes hit areas near Yemen’s presidential complex and a building in southern Sanaa on Thursday. According to Yemeni military sources, the presidential complex contained an operations room and a missile storage facility used by Iran-aligned Houthi militants. […]
Israeli Strikes Hit Houthi Sites in Yemen After Missile Attack TEL AVIV / SANAA — Israeli warplanes struck multiple sites in Yemen over the weekend, escalating more than a year of back-and-forth attacks between Israel and the Houthis movement. The latest strikes come amid rising regional tensions linked to the war in Gaza. According to […]
68 Migrants Die in Boat Tragedy Off Yemen Coast YEMEN – A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of southern Yemen, killing at least 68 people, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The IOM’s chief in Yemen, Abdusattor Esoev, said only 12 out of 157 people on the boat have been rescued […]
Israeli Air Force Intercepts Missile from Yemen as Strikes Hit Houthi Targets in Hodeida TEL AVIV — The Israeli military reported on Monday that a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force shortly after air raid sirens were triggered in multiple areas of Israel. The attack came amid escalating tensions with […]
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeida port, targeting areas under the control of the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels. The attacks come as a direct response to repeated missile and drone launches by the Houthis since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the strike on Monday, saying […]
At a United Nations meeting, Pakistan’s representative, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, said that years of war have caused great suffering for the people of Yemen. He explained that political problems, a weak economy, and damage to the environment have made things even worse. He reminded the UN Security Council that the Yemen conflict started as […]
