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UN-backed Yemen peace talks begin in Sweden
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 7 (ANI): Peace talks backed by the United Nations aimed at ending the four years of civil war in Yemen kicked off here on Thursday.
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Talks for peace in Yemen to begin in Sweden
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 6 (ANI): Peace talks backed by the United Nations aimed at ending the nearly four years' of civil war in Yemen is scheduled to begin in the Swedish capital within a few hours from now.
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UN employee captured in Yemen port city
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Dec 3(ANI/Sputnik): The Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels have captured an employee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Sunday in the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemeni Minister of Information Moammar Eryani has said.
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UN plane to evacuate injured Houthi rebels in Yemen
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Dec 03 (ANI): A United Nations jet will evacuate as many as 50 wounded Houthi rebels in Yemen following UN ambassador to Yemen Martin Griffiths' request.
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Saudi-led Arab coalition gives back Hadhramaut ports to Yemen's forces
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hadhramaut [Yemen], Nov 30 (ANI): The Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition gave back the management and coastal security of Hadhramaut ports to the Yemen Coast Guard.
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Exact date of Yemen Peace Talks in Sweden unconfirmed: Office of UN Specia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov [Sputnik/ANI]: The exact date of the peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels is unconfirmed, but they will take place in Sweden in Hoda El Turk, the spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Saudi Prince faces heat for human rights violation
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], Nov 27 (ANI): The Argentinean judicial authorities have started examining a submission by Human Rights Watch against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is widely known as MBS, in which the watchdog has alleged war crime charges against the Saudi-led coaliti
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US tepid over Yemen ceasefire
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): The United States has taken a step back in their support for a United Nations (UN) ceasefire in Yemen, despite internationally rallying for a peaceful resolution with calls from US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis f
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Yemen's al-Dhaher district in Saada liberated from Houthis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Saada [Yemen], Nov 25 (ANI): The Yemeni army has liberated the al-Dhaher district here from the Houthi militia, as the armed forces head towards the Hidan directorate, which is another rebel stronghold.
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US Senate introduces Bill to punish Saudi over Khashoggi killing, Yemen cr
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington (USA), Nov 16 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday introduced a legislation seeking to punish Saudi Arabia over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and escalating the political as well as a humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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Will hold Khashoggi killers accountable: US
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 12 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday and said that the US would hold people involved in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi accountable.
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7-yr-old girl, face of Yemen crisis dies
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Nov 3 (ANI): Amal Hussein, a 7-year-old Yemeni girl, whose photograph in the New York Times last week became a symbol of Yemen's humanitarian conflict has passed away. Her family said that she died due to acute malnutrition.
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