Yemen

The United Nations has commenced the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast in a complex operation it hopes will ward off a regional disaster. The U.N., which has never before…

A Saudi delegation has concluded peace talks with the Houthi movement in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Two Yemeni sources said the Saudi team departed Sanaa on Thursday following a visit that signalled movement to build on an expired…

Saudi and Omani delegations have arrived in Yemeni capital Sanaa to hold talks with the head of Yemen's Houthi Supreme Political Council. According to reports by Houthi-run news agency Saba, the delegations and Mahdi al-Mashat would…

United Nations special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg says Yemen's warring sides have agreed to renew a two-month truce which expired on Tuesday.

The U.N. migration agency has announced plans to transfer at least 6,750 Ethiopian migrants from war-torn Yemen to their home country in the coming months. The UN agency appealed for $7.5 million to assist their return. The…

The Saudi-led military coalition has carried out dozens of air raids against what it said were Houthi military targets in Yemen’s north, including the capital Sanaa and the port of Salif on the Red Sea coast. The coalition, which…

At least eight people, including guards have died and more than 170 injured after a fire ripped through an immigration holding facility in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, the United Nations migration agency said. The total death toll from the…

The United Nations special envoy on Yemen is visiting Iran for the first time to discuss Yemen’s crisis, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday, days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen.…

The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a move that diplomats and aid groups worry could threaten peace talks and complicate efforts to combat…