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41 dead in South Korea hospital blaze: Yonhap
YemenExtra
M.A.
At least 41 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday, Yonhap news agency said, with dozens more injured.
Video footage and pictures showed a helicopter flying above the building in…
Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen?
YemenExtra
Y.A
It’s remarkable that whenever you read an article about Yemen in the mainstream media, the central role of Saudi Arabia and the United States in the tragedy is glossed over or completely ignored. A recent Washington…
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
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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
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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…