The amount raised, however, was less than what the U.N. received last year, and a billion dollars short of what was pledged in the 2019 conference, he said. Guterres called for countries…
The stark warning comes a day before a pledging conference co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland. The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will appeal for $3.85 billion in relief aid for Yemen this year.…
The 4 million people who didn’t receive food last year “are among those essentially in the long, slow, brutal, painful, agonizing process of starving to death,” Lowcock told a virtual briefing for…
The U.N. warned last year that the tanker, the FSO Safer, hasn’t been maintained for more than five years. Experts fear it could explode or leak, causing huge environmental damage to marine…
U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said the two sides did not agree to release prisoners during this round of talks concluded Sunday in Amman. “I am disappointed that this round…
“I could hear the screams and the crying of my neighbors’ children, as my wife and I tried to calm our own children,” said Wuhaish, 38, a doctor and father of five.…
The cause of killings wasn’t immediately clear, and the rebels declined to comment. The Houthis have cordoned the area as tribesmen pledged revenge for the killing of Abu Nashtan family, said the…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is making an early, aggressive push to end the war in Yemen, and it’s not hard to understand why. The yearslong conflict has left more than 200,000…