Asia Yemen The Kuwait-based Rahma International Charity completed Idris 3 Model School, which will benefit some 500 children of displaced families in southern Yemen’s Lahj governorate, as part of the eight-year ‘Kuwait is Beside You’ campaign
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