The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen on Monday blamed ceasefire violations by rebels for the resumption of air strikes against them./ "They did not respect the humanitarian pause. That's why we do what is necessary to be done," Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told AFP. The Arab-dominated ...
Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen on Monday after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid./ The humanitarian truce ended at 2000 GMT Sunday despite calls from a UN envoy and relief agencies for an ...
Qahira castle, an ancient fortress that was recently taken over by Shiite rebels, following a Saudi-led airstrike in Taiz city, Yemen, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up their airstrikes in Yemen on Tuesday, targeting the positions of Shiite rebels and their ...
Qahira castle, an ancient fortress that was recently taken over by Shiite rebels, following a Saudi-led airstrike in Taiz city, Yemen, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up their airstrikes in Yemen on Tuesday, targeting the positions of Shiite rebels and their ...
led coalition resumed airstrikes targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen on Monday in the southern port city of Aden with U.S. support, after a five-day truce came to a close following talks on the war-torn country's future that were boycotted by the rebels. Coalition airstrikes hit rebel positions and ...
TEHRAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif called on Monday for the United Nations' assistance to deliver humanitarian supplies to Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported. "The UN needs to create a protected zone in Yemen so that humanitarian aid could be delivered," ...
A plane carrying emergency medical provided by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is unloaded in Sanaa on May 16, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)/ Riyadh (AFP) - A five-day truce to allow aid into war-ravaged Yemen ended at 2000 GMT on Sunday with no immediate word from the Saudi-led ...
Fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi run with their weapons in Aden on May 16, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)/ Aden (AFP) - Coalition air strikes resumed against rebel positions in Yemen's main southern city Aden after a five-day ceasefire expired late ...
The senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Saudi Arabia could not host talks between Yemen's warring factions, as it was involved in the conflict in Yemen. Saudi Arabia and its Sunni Muslim allies have been conducting an offensive against Houthis ...
Two Iranian warships have begun escorting the Yemen-bound Iran Shahed cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, the vessel's captain said in remarks published by Iran's Tasnim news agency on Monday. "The 34th fleet has made contact with us and told us that they will keep an active presence alongside the ...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hundreds of Yemeni politicians and tribal leaders began talks Sunday in Saudi Arabia on the future of their war-torn country as a five-day humanitarian cease-fire was set to expire, though Shiite rebels there were not taking part./ The cease-fire, scheduled to end at ...
Air strikes by Saudi-led forces hit Houthi rebel positions in and around the southern Yemeni city of Aden overnight, residents said, after a five-day humanitarian truce expired on Sunday night. Bombings struck the rebel-held presidential palace in the downtown area, groups of militiamen on the ...
Iranian Red Crescent workers load aid onto the 'Iran Shahed' ship in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on December 28, 2008 ahead of a journey to the Gaza Strip (AFP Photo/)/ Tehran (AFP) - An Iranian aid ship bound for Yemen in defiance of US warnings has entered the Gulf of Aden and is ...
A UN envoy called for an extension of a humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen due to expire on Sunday as the Huthi Shiite rebels boycotted political talks in Riyadh./ The appeal followed clashes on the ground between rebels and pro-government forces that killed dozens across south Yemen on Saturday ...
Yemen's exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was to open a conference of political parties from his war-torn country on Sunday but Iran-backed Huthi Shiite rebels are boycotting the talks./ The Huthis, who are fighting forces loyal to Hadi and have seized large parts of the country including ...
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition resumed air strikes against Yemen's Houthi militia in Aden overnight, hours after the expiry of a truce meant to facilitate badly needed humanitarian aid, a Reuters eyewitness said. The witness said explosions could be heard near the southern city's airport and the ...
The U.N. envoy to Yemen on Sunday called on a Saudi-led military coalition and its adversaries to extend a humanitarian truce due to expire at 2000 GMT (4 p.m. ET), to allow for more aid to be delivered to Yemenis. Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed made his appeal at the opening of a ...
An Iranian cargo ship carrying aid and activists crossed into the Gulf of Aden on Sunday and will reach Yemen's Hodaida port on May 21, Iranian media reported, in a challenge to Saudi-led naval forces controlling Yemeni waters./ A coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia has imposed ...
Dubbed Nejat (Rescue), Iran's ship carrying an international group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace. (file photo)/ Iran’s Nejat ship with its cargo of humanitarian aid for Yemen has passed Oman and reached the coast of the war-torn country. Iran Shahed, carrying 2,500 ...
An Iranian aid ship entered the Gulf of Aden on Monday on its way to Yemen in a challenge to Saudi Arabia's blockade of Yemeni ports. , was chartered by Iran's Red Crescent Society, the counterpart of the Red Cross, and is carrying 2,500 tons of food and medical supplies, Iranian media claimed. ...
TEHRAN – An Iranian aid ship bound for Yemen in defiance of U.S. warnings has passed Oman, entered the Gulf of Aden, and is expected to reach the Yemeni port of Hodeida on Thursday. The vessel, the Iran Shahed, is carrying 2,500 tons of aid including flour, rice, canned food, medical supplies, ...
Iran’s Foreign Ministers Mohamad Javad Zarif (R) and his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto are seen during a press conference in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on May 18, 2015./ Iran’s Foreign Ministers Mohamad Javad Zarif has called for the extension of a truce in Yemen, slamming the United ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and ...
A homeless man on parole for an assault conviction dragged a jogger by her hair on a beach near before attempting to rape her earlier this week, police said. The alleged incident occurred at around 7:15 a.m. on the Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica. Witnesses told a 911 dispatcher that a woman, ...
A former Orlando police officer, David Arenas, passed away earlier this week after jumping into Lake Minneola in Clermont. Arenas served with the department from 1992 until his retirement as a lieutenant in 2020. The tragic incident occurred on Monday, May 13, while Arenas was enjoying the water ...
Colonial Williamsburg American Revolution Barracks/ WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth. The site is on the ...
Watch a previous NBC4 report on O’Charley’s Ohio closures in the video player above. ) — A national steakhouse, which once operated several central Ohio restaurants that shuttered after the chain filed for bankruptcy, is returning to Columbus after purchasing a former O’Charley’s that closed ...
on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court and drawing praises from consumers. wrote the majority opinion, ...
Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The measures imposed on Wednesday for at least 12 days boost security forces' powers to quell deadly unrest that has left four ...
LONDON (AP) — They appear like ghosts in the night, standing outside your house, one holding up an antenna while the other crouches next to the car parked on the driveway. Within seconds, your car is gone, yet another victim amid enabled by the technology designed to make it easier to unlock and ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction ...
The United Nations has said that an Indian staff member's death this week in Gaza was caused by an Israeli tank attack on his vehicle. Col Waibhav Kale, a former Indian army officer, died on Monday after a UN vehicle was struck near the city of Rafah. Another staffer was injured. Col Kale's ...