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UN agencies warn of more food shortages in war-torn Yemen
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UN agencies warn of more food shortages in war-torn Yemen

CAIRO (AP) — UN agencies warned Wednesday that food shortages will rise sharply in parts of war-torn Yemen in the…
Tanker off Yemen risks spilling four times as much oil as Exxon Valdez – UN
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Tanker off Yemen risks spilling four times as much oil as Exxon Valdez – UN

NEW YORK (Reuters) — If action is not taken to deal with a deteriorating oil tanker stranded off the coast…
UN: Airstrike in northwest Yemen kills 7 children, 2 women
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UN: Airstrike in northwest Yemen kills 7 children, 2 women

CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike in northwest Yemen killed seven children and two women, the United Nations reported Monday, the…
Saudi-led coalition starts military operation against Yemen’s Houthis
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Saudi-led coalition starts military operation against Yemen’s Houthis

DUBAI (Reuters) — A Saudi-led coalition has started a military operation against Yemen’s Houthi movement after it stepped up cross-border…
Group says hundreds tortured in secret prisons in Yemen
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Group says hundreds tortured in secret prisons in Yemen

CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni rights group on Tuesday accused both sides in the country’s civil war of arbitrary detentions,…
Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs
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Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs

AL-HANABIYA, Yemen (AP) — When Issa Nasser was born late last year in a village in northern Yemen, his weight…
Worst virus fears are realized in poor or war-torn countries
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Worst virus fears are realized in poor or war-torn countries

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For months, experts have warned of a potential nightmare scenario: After overwhelming health systems…
Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast
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Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more…
UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children may starve amid pandemic
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UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children may starve amid pandemic

CAIRO (AP) — Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across…
UN aid chief: Yemen will fall off a cliff if no new funds
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UN aid chief: Yemen will fall off a cliff if no new funds

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN humanitarian chief warned that without massive financial support, Yemen will “fall off the cliff,”…
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