Asia Yemen The Yemeni Governor of Al-Mahra has started the distribution of over 1,4 million textbooks for the various curricula for the academic year 2023-2024 with funding from the Oman Charitable Organisation
Asia Yemen Tropical Cyclone Tej is expected to arrive in Yemen this week, bringing significant rainfall and a risk of flooding to the east of the country; Al Ghaydah area could receive 500-750 mm of rainfall, compared to the annual average of 50 mm
Asia Yemen Yemen defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 at Damac Club Stadium in the first leg of the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027, thus taking a significant step towards the next round
Asia Yemen Yemen Airways, the state-owned airline, discontinued its only air service from Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled capital, citing restrictions imposed by the Houthis on its funds
Asia Yemen Ownership of two stone sculptures dating back to the third millennium BC will be transferred from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the country, but the objects will remain on loan to the museum
Asia Yemen According to International Committee of Red Cross, the country has one of the highest rates of contamination from landmines and other deadly explosives, along with Iraq and Afghanistan, with a dramatic impact on people, their safety and livelihoods
Asia Yemen Lightning killed 45 people in Yemen in July, according to FAO; local media reported almost the same number of lightning-related deaths in August
Asia Yemen The transfer of more than one million barrels of oil from an old oil tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, averting an environmental disaster, the United Nations said
Asia Yemen Yemen's military officials said the Iranian-backed Houthis launched attacks on government troops outside the besieged city of Taiz and fired reconnaissance drones
Asia Yemen The reopening of Al Ghaydah airport in the eastern province of Al Mahrah, after nine years of suspension due to the ongoing civil war, has been announced by Yemen's government
Asia Yemen The Ministry of Fisheries of the Yemen National Salvation Government condemned the attack on a Yemeni fisherman and the arrest of hundreds of Yemeni fishermen in Eritrean prisons and the confiscation of their boats
Asia Yemen The Saudi aid agency KSrelief is providing humanitarian aid to Yemen, with the Masam project and the prosthetic limb program for those injured by explosions