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Lavrov urges ‘responsible’ US action in Mosul, requests UN Security Council briefing on airstrikes
YemenExtra
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized the US-led coalition’s Mosul airstrikes, saying the operation is claiming “more and more civilian lives.” Moscow has requested a UN Security Council briefing over a recent…
A Vigil for Yemeni People in Front of UN in Geneva
YemenExtra
M.A.
A number of Yemeni, Arab and foreign activists held on Sunday a photo exhibition and a vigil in solidarity with the Yemeni people. The vigil took place in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, on the occasion…
Maduro calls regional body chief ‘garbage’
YemenEXtra
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has called the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) “garbage” for highlighting the crisis in the Latin American country.
Maduro used the insulting word to describe OAS…
Four people killed, at least 20 injured in attacks outside UK Parliament
YemenEXtra
Four people were killed and at least 20 were injured outside the UK Parliament in London after an assailant plowed a car into pedestrians and stabbed a police officer, an incident that Metropolitan Police has declared a…
Pro-Kurdish rally draws 30,000 in Germany
YemenExtra,21 March,2017
Some 30,000 pro-Kurdish demonstrators rallied in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday calling for “democracy in Turkey” and urging a “no” vote in an upcoming referendum on expanding Turkish President Recep…
German military says ‘no debt account at NATO’ after Trump’s ‘vast sums’ comment
YemenExtra,19 March,2017
Germany does not owe the US and NATO “vast sums of money,” as the alliance has no “debt account,” the German defense minister said regarding Donald Trump’s claims voiced on his Twitter after a tight-lipped meeting…
Molotov cocktails & tear gas: Clashes erupt at police brutality protest in Paris
YemenExtra,19 March,2017
French police and protesters have clashed at a demonstration against police brutality, the latest in dozens of similar rallies inspired by the alleged rape of a young black man with a baton.
Thousands of…
Europeans ‘would revive gas chambers if they weren’t ashamed’ – Erdogan
YemenExtra,19 March,2017
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again compared Europe with the Nazis saying that they “would revive gas chambers” if they weren't ashamed. He also fired a personal broadside at Angela Merkel,…
Man in custody after driving car to White House claiming to have bomb
YemenExtra,19 March,2017
A man was apprehended after he drove a car to a White House checkpoint late Saturday night claiming to have a bomb inside his vehicle.
The car was impounded and was being searched, two law…