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Landslide hits public bus in Colombia, kills 13
YemenExtra
A landslide in southwestern Colombia has killed 13 people on a small public bus in a rain-soaked mountainous area, authorities said Sunday.
The landslide struck an area not far from the town of Tuquerres in Narino…
The Disgraceful U.S. Enabling Role in the War on Yemen
YemenExtra
Y.A
Nicolas Niarchos reports on the devastating effects of the war on Yemen and the role of U.S. and other Western support in making that war possible:
Since the war began, at least three thousand Yemeni civilians have…
Iraqi Kurdistan oil exports must be under Baghdad control: PM Abadi
YemenExtra
Y.A
The Iraqi prime minister has called on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to stop independent oil exports, saying the crude produced there must be placed under the central government’s control.
Haider…
Half of Americans question Trump’s mental stability: Poll
YemenExtra
M.A.
Almost half of Americans believe US President Donald Trump is not mentally stable while majorities continue to disapprove of his job performance, a new poll shows.
The US public is evenly divided on whether or not Trump…
Bangladesh tells Rohingya refugees they may lose food ration if stay
YemenExtra
M.A.
Tension mounts at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims are expected to be repatriated to Myanmar, after Bangladesh threatened to cut their food ration if they do not…
US plane crash and two soldiers killed
YemenExtra
SH.A.
A US Apache helicopter crashed early Saturday morning in California, killing two soldiers, a US military spokesman said.
Lieutenant Colonel Jason Brown, a spokesman for the military, said in a statement…
Saudi-led coalition kills civilians on purpose: American official
YemenExtra
Y.A
The Saudi-led coalition’s indiscriminate bombing of civilians took the lives of dozens at the end of 2017:
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has killed 109 civilians in air strikes in the past 10 days,…
Economic war hits Yemen from south to north
YemenExtra
Y.A
The southerners have run out of patience during the three years of the Saudi-Emirati occupation of their country, and the Saudi-Emirati promises are today, only camps and foreign soldiers, the looting of wealth and the…
US government shutdown begins over budget impasse
YemenExtra
M.A.
The US government has officially shut down after lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress failed to reach a deal on a short-term budget for funding government operations.
Senators were still negotiating on the…
US-led invasion worsened Afghan security situation: Iran diplomat
YemenExtra
M.A.
A senior Iranian diplomat says the US-led invasion of Afghanistan has merely led to the deterioration of the security situation in the Asian country, urging enhanced economic ties with Kabul to pave the way for an…