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US launches airstrikes by fighter jets and ships on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Oct. 04, 2024 14:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels, U.S. officials confirmed. Military aircraft and warships bombed Houthi strongholds at...

Dozens of migrants still missing off Djibouti's coast after smugglers forced them out of boats

Oct. 03, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday for dozens of migrants from Africa still missing after smugglers apparently forced them out of two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week, the Djiboutian coast guard said. At least 48 people were earlier...

ICRC visits the crew of hijacked ship for the 2nd time since being detained in Yemen

Sep. 26, 2024 14:24 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — A team of the international Red Cross visited a 25-member crew on board of the Galaxy Leader vessel, which was hijacked last year by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and is docked in the port city of Hodeidah— a Houthi stronghold. The International Committee of the Red...

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 drone

Sep. 08, 2024 21:30 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed early Sunday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft. The U.S. launched airstrikes over Houthi-controlled...

Floods in Yemen kill at least 33 people, damage more than 200 homes

Aug. 29, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Floods that swept through a district in northern Yemen this week have killed at least 33 people and damaged more than 200 houses, a local official said. Heavy rains that began Tuesday as part of Yemen’s monsoon season have caused major flooding and unleashed...

Experts say famine is looming in 4 Yemeni districts as hunger surges among children

Aug. 18, 2024 07:02 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Famine is looming in four Yemeni districts after instances of hunger have rapidly surged among children in areas controlled by the internationally recognized government, a report by international experts said. All 117 districts in government-controlled areas are...

Yemen’s Houthis seized UN rights office in Sanaa, UN official says

Aug. 13, 2024 06:25 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations’ Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture and vehicles, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday. The seizure was the latest move in a crackdown by the Houthis on people...

Flooding in Yemen has left 30 people dead and hundreds displaced, official says

Aug. 08, 2024 03:53 AM EDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah Gov. Mugammad Qahim told Houthi rebel-controlled Masirah TV that the floods...

Missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels hits container ship in first attack in 2 weeks

Aug. 05, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a Liberian-flagged container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, authorities said Sunday, the first assault by the group since Israeli airstrikes targeted them. The Houthis offered no...