Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/10/2023 8:09:00 PM
A breakthrough may be in sight in the truce negotiations in Yemen as talks between Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthi Movement continue.
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World
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Region
3/10/2023 7:02:00 PM
Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions between the two countries in a deal that was brokered by China; Iraq hailed the deal, Israelis sounded the alarms and the US welcomed it cautiously.
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World
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Region
3/9/2023 8:39:48 PM
The United Nations said Thursday it had bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/8/2023 9:09:59 PM
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has reiterated Egypt’s keenness to foster joint Arab action so as to rise to the level of demands and challenges facing Arab peoples.
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World
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Region
3/3/2023 6:14:39 PM
Iran dismissed as "false" Friday a claim by the British and US navies that Iranian weapons had been seized from a smuggling boat apparently headed to Yemen.
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World
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Region
3/2/2023 11:35:28 AM
The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen, authorities said Thursday, the latest such seizure in the Gulf of Oman.
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World
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Region
3/1/2023 7:52:53 PM
A senior Al-Qaeda figure was killed in a suspected US air strike in war-torn Yemen, security and local government sources told AFP on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
2/27/2023 8:50:08 PM
Global donors on Monday pledged about $1.2 billion at a conference aimed at generating funds to help millions of people in Yemen suffering from the fallout of an eight-year civil war, a U.N. official said. The amount is far below a target of $4.3 billion set by the United Nations to stave off one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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World
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Region
2/27/2023 2:04:20 PM
The United Nations is seeking $4.3 billion at a pledging conference Monday to alleviate the suffering of millions of people in Yemen, where an eight-year civil war has created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/26/2023 2:40:03 PM
Yemeni film Al Murhaqoon (The Burdened), from director Amr Gamal, won two awards at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) that concluded Saturday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/25/2023 9:45:14 AM
Director Amr Gamal said Friday he wanted to "open a window" to Yemen with "The Burdened", the first film from the country ever to show at the Berlinale festival.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/17/2023 5:52:00 PM
A truce may be near between the belligerents in the conflict in Yemen, despite conflicting statements from the parties involved and few prospects of a peace process, writes Ahmed Eleiba
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World
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Region
2/16/2023 10:21:50 AM
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the arms embargo on Yemen's Houthi rebels and an asset freeze and travel ban on Houthi leaders and top officials until Nov. 15.
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World
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Region
2/11/2023 12:13:43 PM
The results of the visits of Hans Grundberg, the secretary-general’s special envoy for Yemen, and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, to the region to revive the Yemeni consultations, extend a UN-sponsored truce and expand its provisions in Yemen, which is set to enter its ninth year of war, are not yet clear.
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World
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Region
2/2/2023 3:41:29 PM
French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns, and anti-tank missiles in the Gulf of Oman coming from Iran and heading to Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday.
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World
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Region
1/25/2023 8:52:53 PM
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the funds are required to help 17.3 million most vulnerable people in Yemen.
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World
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Region
1/25/2023 7:11:58 PM
An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park were added Wednesday to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from The Middle East.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
1/20/2023 12:19:23 PM
"To be, or not to be": on a stage in Yemen, William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" rings out in Arabic, a tragedy that resonates with an audience suffering from years of civil war.
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World
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Region
1/17/2023 9:29:17 AM
Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in fighting — more than nine months — Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to the long civil war, according to Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials.
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World
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Region
1/16/2023 8:12:37 PM
The UN special envoy for Yemen said Monday he is encouraged by intensified regional and international diplomatic activity to end the country's eight-year conflict. He urged the warring parties to work toward "a shared vision'' with concrete steps to restore peace to the Arab world's poorest nation.
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