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The Starvation of Yemen Hasn’t Ended
YemenExtra
Y.A
Despite a modest easing of the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade of Yemen over the last month, the civilian population is still being starved of essential goods:
Thirty days after Saudi Arabia eased its crippling…
One year in, Trump’s Middle East policy is imploding
YemenExtra
Y.A
Last May, over a working lunch with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, at the White House, President Trump vowed to broker the final, elusive phase of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. “It’s…
US forces give free pass to child sexual abusers in Afghanistan
YemenExtra
M.A.
American military troops stationed in Afghanistan have turned a blind eye on thousands of “gross human rights abuses” by the Afghan military forces over the past few years, including many instances of child sexual…
Ex-US diplomat quits Myanmar’s ‘whitewash’ Rohingya panel
YemenExtra
M.A.
A veteran US diplomat has resigned from an international advisory panel on the Rohingya Muslim crisis set up by Myanmar, denouncing it as a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation” for the government of the country’s…
Tehran suspects Saudi intelligence of attempts to stage terror attacks in Iran
YemenExtra
M.A.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry suspects Saudi Arabian intelligence services of being involved in illegal explosives trafficking through the Iranian border for staging terror attacks, the ministry said on Wednesday in…
The danger threatens the Saudi Arabia’s budget
YemenExtra
Y.A
Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen has brought more military, political and economic losses to the kingdom, economic reports indicate that Saudi Arabia has lost all its monetary and non-monetary reserves.
Saudi Arabia has…
Israel rebuked widely at UN Human Rights Council for abuses against Palestinians
YemenExtra
Y.A
More than a dozen nations join in extensive criticism of Israel at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) over its human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, with some calling it an…
Biggest rig explosion in years in Oklahoma
YemenExtra
Officials on Tuesday recovered the remains of five gas rig workers who had been missing since a fiery explosion in eastern Oklahoma a day earlier.
"The bodies were located in the area where they were presumed to…
Police clash with protesters in Greece
YemenExtra
Clashes occurred between police and left-wing protesters in Thessaloniki on Monday, after a demonstration in defense of free social spaces.
Around 500 people reportedly attended the rally.
It comes after the…
Israeli forces detain Hamas-linked legislator in occupied West Bank
YemenExtra
Y.A
Israeli military forces have detained a legislator affiliated to the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement along with more than a dozen other Palestinians during separate raids across the occupied West Bank.
Local…