News Yemen Finance: UN drafts 'list of shame' over child deaths in Yemen
An upcoming UN report featuring a blacklist of child rights violators is expected to refrain from toughening criticism of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen despite a bus bombing last year that killed scores of children, according to diplomats. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to
News Yemen Finance: U.N. calls out Saudi Arabia, UAE for not paying Yemen aid pledges
United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock called out Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for only paying a "modest proportion" of the hundreds of millions of dollars they pledged five months ago to a humanitarian appeal for Yemen. Both countries each promised $750 million at
News Yemen Finance: ISIL leader in Yemen captured, says Saudi-led coalition
a spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen, said in a statement on Tuesday. Thee other members of the group, including its chief financial officer, were also caught in the ...
News Yemen Finance: Saudi coalition says head of Yemen's Islamic State captured
Saudi Arabia's special forces captured the leader of the Islamic State group's branch in Yemen during a raid on a house that was under surveillance, a Saudi military statement said Tuesday, dealing a blow to the extremist group which has taken advantage of the country's turmoil to launch devastating attacks.
News Yemen Finance: Leader of ISIS in Yemen captured in joint counterterrorism raid
Along with Abu Osama al-Masri, the Saudis say they captured the group’s “chief financial officer” for the country. These fact fits well with the UN’s reporting. “In financing its operations in Yemen,” ...
News Yemen Finance: The Latest: Arab League chief condemns Yemen's rebels
An adviser to Iran President Hassan Rouhani says President Donald Trump is moving toward war with Iran instead of trying to reach a deal. Hessamoddin Ashena said in a tweet Tuesday: "You wanted a better deal with Iran. The Trump administration sent the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and
News Yemen Finance: Saudi-led warplanes pound Yemen rebels after pipeline attack
Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemeni rebel targets including in the capital on Thursday following insurgent drone strikes on a key oil pipeline that Riyadh said were ordered by its arch-rival Tehran. The Saudi deputy defence minister said that Tuesday's attack by Yemeni rebels on a major
News Yemen Finance: Half of kids in Yemen under five have stunted growth, UN says
"Yemen is a test of our humanity," she said ... Swiss in recent months The president isn't handing over his tax returns, but he has filed his annual financial disclosure report Presidential hopeful ...
News Yemen Finance: Saudi Arabia, UAE Provide Financial Support for Yemeni Teachers
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will provide $70 million towards the salaries of teachers in Yemen, in cooperation with the UNICEF, with each country paying half of the sum. An agreement ...
News Yemen Finance: Amid outcry over Yemen war, Saudi ship leaves France without arms cargo
PARIS/LE HAVRE (Reuters) - A Saudi vessel that had been due to load weapons at a northern French port on Friday set sail without them and headed for Spain, a day after a rights group tried to block the cargo on humanitarian grounds. French rights group ACAT argued in a legal challenge on Thursday that
News Yemen Finance: US briefing: Conflict in Yemen, climate change and finance, Notre Dame
A woman begs outside a grocery store in the town of Azzan, which has changed hands between government and insurgent forces in Yemen several times. Photograph: Lorenzo Tugnoli/Contrasto/The Washington ...
News Yemen Finance: US & Western Arms in Yemen Conflict Signal Potential War Crime Charges
In an oped piece, Kristof said the Saudi armed forces can’t even defeat a militia in Yemen. So, how could they stand up to Iran?, he asked. “That’s why we have leverage over Saudi Arabia, not the ...
News Yemen Finance: Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. In a break with the president, Congress voted ...
News Yemen Finance: Yemen c.bank says it's ready to supply banks with foreign currency
DUBAI, April 23 (Reuters) - Yemen's central bank said it is ready to supply commercial and Islamic banks with foreign currency to finance imports of goods into the country, which has been pushed to ...