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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…
Canada provides $12.1M in assistance to Yemen
YemenExtra
The federal government is providing humanitarian groups working in Yemen with $12.1 million in additional funding to help them respond to the growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
This new funding will be…
HRW, Saudi Arabia is violating international law
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Saudi Arabia is violating international humanitarian laws in Yemen, New York-based humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch has denounced.
''Mohammad bin Salman's well-funded image as a reformist falls flat in…
Facebook to ask users to rank trustworthy of news
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Facebook announced Friday it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources, in its latest attempt to combat the spread of misinformation on the social network.
The change comes as the online…
Germany stops arms sales to Saudi Arabia
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Germany has stopped selling weapons to Saudi Arabia and almost all of its allies waging war on Yemen, in a decision likely to have both an impact on the Riyadh regime and a domino effect on other Western and…
Time to break silence on Palestine, Yemen
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This week’s ,Tehran in Iran, Friday prayers Imam slammed Islamic world’s silence over the situation of Palestinian and Yemeni people, saying the Muslim world needs more courage to speak out against their…
Germany harms Saudi-led coalition over its war on Yemen
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Y.A
Germany has decided that it will halt exporting arms to the Saudi-led coalition that are waging war on Yemen.
A spokesman for the German government said on Friday that it had decided to stop exporting arms to countries…
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally against repatriation to Myanmar
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M.A.
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have protested a joint plan to repatriate them to Myanmar, where they have faced a bloody crackdown by military forces and extremist Buddhists.
The refugees, living…
Saudi-affiliated boats injure a fisherman off of Hudayda’s coast
YemenExtra
M.A.
The Saudi-led coalition continues to target Yemeni fishermen off the coast of Yemen, especially in the coastal governorate of Hudayda.
One fishermen on board his boat was seriously wounded after being targeted by the…
Key Saudi cities the scenes of Saudi soldiers’ dead bodies
YemenExtra
Y.A
In response to the Saudi-led coalition's fatal air strikes that claimed the lives of about 14,000 people,mostly civilians , anumber of the Saudi soldiers were killed ,Friday, in several operations by the Yemeni joint forces…