Yemen

Senator Bob Corker speaks to reporters on Thursday before a series of votes on legislation ending US military support for the war in Yemen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: Reuters

Defying Trump, US Senate votes to end support for Saudis in Yemen war

The move is a sharp rebuke for President Donald Trump, who has stood by Riyadh and cast doubt on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

14 Dec 2018 - 7:31pm 7

A Yemeni child receives treatment in a hospital in Sanaa. Photo: Xinhua

In Yemen, 20 million people are at risk of famine

9 Dec 2018 - 11:04pm 2

Swedish Foreign minister Margot Wallstrom, U.N. envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths and delegates attend the opening press conference on U.N.-sponsored peace talks for Yemen at Johannesberg castle, Stockholm. Photo: Reuters

Yemen talks open with prisoner swap that will set 5,000 people free

7 Dec 2018 - 1:52am

A police car is seen in front of Johannesberg Castle, in Rimbo, Sweden, where peace talks on Yemen are expected to take place. Photo: Reuters

Yemen government, rebels lash out as peace talks set to open

6 Dec 2018 - 6:10pm

A severely malnourished boy rests on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Centre, Hajjah, Yemen. Envoys from Yemen’s warring parties are headed to Sweden for another round of peace talks to stop the three-year-old war, but with few incentives to compromise, expectations are low for little more than improving a faltering de-escalation. Photo: AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

Expectations low as Yemen’s warring parties meet for talks

5 Dec 2018 - 9:30pm 1

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: Reuters

US to keep aiding Saudis in Yemen despite furore, Pompeo says

2 Dec 2018 - 4:20am 4

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock speaks to the press in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Photo: AFP

Yemen’s peace talks to start in Sweden next week, British envoy says

29 Nov 2018 - 11:05pm

Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, came to Capitol Hill to urgently lobby against the resolution to end US involvement in Yemen following a briefing on the murder of US-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Photo: Bloomberg

Senators send rebuke to Saudis, Trump over Khashoggi murder

29 Nov 2018 - 8:00pm 6

UN special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths (centre) arrives at the Sana’a International Airport. Photo: EPA-EFE

UN envoy arrives in Yemen for ‘sternest’ talks

21 Nov 2018 - 9:47pm

A malnourished boy sits on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Centre, Hajjah, Yemen. Photo: AP Photo

Up to 85,000 children ‘dead of starvation or disease in Yemen’

21 Nov 2018 - 5:15pm 2

Yemen’s Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and UAE, say they are ready for peace

Yemen’s Houthis halt missile attacks, say ready for peace

19 Nov 2018 - 10:18pm

Malnourished Ferial Elias, 2, is held by her mother at a malnutrition treatment ward at al-Thawra hospital in Hodeidah, Yemen, on November 3. Photo: Reuters

UAE supports ‘early convening’ of UN Yemen talks as millions starve

15 Nov 2018 - 12:15am 1

This undated combination of three photographs photo provided by the Saleh family shows, from left to right, Nabil Salem, Naguib Hadej, and Mubarak Hadej who were all killed on January after a drone struck their vehicle with two US-made missiles, killing all seven men inside,in Shabwa, Yemen. Photos: Saleh family via AP

The hidden toll of American drones in Yemen: civilian deaths

14 Nov 2018 - 7:09pm 2

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in Paris on November 8, 2018. Photo: EPA

UK increases pressure on Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi killing

12 Nov 2018 - 8:01pm 3

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day. Photo: Reuters

US tells Saudi prince Khashoggi killers to be held accountable

12 Nov 2018 - 6:06am 3

Yemeni pro-government forces take part in military operations as they advance in the port city of Hodeida. Photo: EPA-EFE

Fighting rages street-to-street in Yemen’s key port city

12 Nov 2018 - 1:46am 1

Yemeni pro-government forces gather on the eastern outskirts of Hodeida as they continue to battle for the control of the city from Houthi rebels. Photo: AFP

Yemen loyalists push deeper into Hodeida as US cuts support

11 Nov 2018 - 3:07am

For some Yemenis, the newly opened Wardah reminds them of home. Photo: Darryl Coote

First Yemeni restaurant opens in South Korean island of Jeju

12 Nov 2018 - 3:50pm 1

File photo of an F/A-18F Super Hornet being refuelled in mid-air. Photo: Reuters/US Navy

US to stop refuelling Saudi-led coalition aircraft attacking Yemen

10 Nov 2018 - 9:40pm 5

Yemeni pro-government forces gather in a highway as they advance towards central Hodeida, while they continue to battle for the control of the city controlled by Houthi rebels. Photo: AFP

Yemen troops advance deeper into rebel-held Hodeida

9 Nov 2018 - 5:37am 1

Yemeni pro-government forces advance towards the port area from the eastern outskirts of Hodeida, as they continue to battle for the control of the city controlled by Houthi rebels, on November 6. Photo: AFP

Showdown looms in Yemen port as Saudi-led coalition advances

7 Nov 2018 - 10:34pm

Yemeni government forces take part in battles at the port city of Hodeida, Yemen. Photo: EPA-EFE

Over 150 killed in weekend violence around Yemen’s Hodeida

5 Nov 2018 - 3:20am 2

War-torn Yemen is losing the fight against famine

Millions of Yemenis face famine

21 Nov 2018 - 8:09am

A Yemeni child suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed at a treatment centre in a hospital in the capital, Sanaa. Photo: AFP

Yemen’s infants face starvation as war rages on

28 Oct 2018 - 10:41pm 3

A man transports a child to a hospital after he was wounded in an air strike on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, in the Saada governorate of Yemen on August 9. A Saudi-led coalition’s air strike hit a bus carrying children, the Red Cross said, leaving dozens dead or wounded. Photo: AFP

Amid Khashoggi killing uproar, remember also the victims of Saudi war in Yemen

28 Oct 2018 - 5:03pm 1

Anti-immigration activists in Seoul attend a protest against a group of asylum seekers from Yemen. Photo: AFP

South Korea denies refugee status to Yemenis who arrived on Jeju

17 Oct 2018 - 10:23pm

A father gives water to his malnourished daughter at a feeding centre in a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen. Photo: AP

Yemen victim of bloody brothers in arms

16 Oct 2018 - 10:23pm 7

UN warns that famine could overwhelm country in next three months, with 13 million people at risk of starvation

War-torn Yemen on brink of world’s worst famine in 100 years

16 Oct 2018 - 11:19pm 1

The reformist image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman could be tarnished by allegations that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate

Saudi prince’s image seen at risk over missing critic

23 Oct 2018 - 11:52am 6

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