• 27 December, 2024
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UAE grounds most private drones for a month after Houthi attack

CAIRO (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates has grounded most private drones and light sports aircraft used for recreational purposes for a month starting Saturday, the Interior Ministry said, following a…

Saudi-led coalition denies targeting detention centre in Yemen’s Saada

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen denied targeting a detention centre in Yemen's Saada province, saying the facility hit was not a site restricted from…

UAE says missiles, drones used in attack, some intercepted

DUBAI (Reuters) - Cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were used alongside drones in Monday's attack on the United Arab Emirates, and several weapons were intercepted, the UAE ambassador to the…

UAE Under Attack

In a surprise and rather shocking incident, Abu Dhabi airport was targeted by a drone attack today afternoon resulting in three oil tankers being blown off in close vicinity of…

By Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)

Yemen’s Houthis launch missile at coalition camp in Shabwa, say sources

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis on Thursday launched a missile at a camp housing Yemeni forces belonging to a Saudi-led coalition that had sent reinforcements to counter a push on…

U.N. bodies urge Yemen’s Houthis to release two staff members

(Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi movement has detained two staff members of UNESCO and U.N. Human Rights since early November, the UN bodies said in a joint statement on Tuesday, calling…

Yemen’s Houthis say allowed temporary resumption of U.N. flights to Sanaa airport

CAIRO (Reuters) -The aviation authority run by the Houthi administration in Yemen has allowed temporary resumption of flights by the United Nations and other organizations to Sanaa international airport on…

Saudi-led coalition in Yemen destroys explosives-laden boat -state TV

CAIRO (Reuters) -The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen destroyed an explosives-laden boat in the southern Red Sea before it could carry out an attack, Saudi state television reported on Thursday,…

U.S. Navy seizes illicit weapons from a stateless vessel in Arabian sea

CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday that two of its patrol coastal ships seized a cargo of illicit weapons from a stateless fishing vessel during…

Saudi defences destroy two Houthi drones targeting Abha airport -news agency

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's air defences on Sunday destroyed two drones launched by Yemen's Houthis toward the Abha international airport in the southwest of the kingdom, the Saudi Press…

U.N. urged to restore scrutiny of war crimes in Yemen

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Activist groups called on the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to create a new panel of independent experts to collect and preserve evidence of…

Saudi-led coalition carries out strikes in Yemeni capital Sanaa – state TV

(Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early on Saturday it launched air strikes on military targets in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, asking civilians not to gather around…