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Flooding in southwestern Yemen kills at least 38 people over past two days, officials say
People walk on a road flooded by rains at a camp for internally displaced people in Marib, Yemen August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Owidha
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At least three civilians killed in clashes in southern Yemen, officials say
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U.S. approves massive arms sale to Saudi, UAE to counter Iran
This photo provided and digitally altered by the White House shows President Joe Biden meeting with CIA Director William Burns, left, and other CIA and National Security advisers about al-Qaeda leaders and their locations, July 1, 2022, in the White House Situation Room. (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP)
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Yemen’s warring sides agree to renew existing truce, UN says
A general view of the historical Al-Ashrafia Mosque in Taiz, Yemen May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub/Files
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Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew nationwide truce for another two months, UN says
FILE PHOTO: An airport staffer walks through the rubble of a building destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes at Sanaa Airport in Sanaa, Yemen December 21, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
politics
Saudi Arabia top export destination for Canadian arms after United States in 2021
English/Anglais<br> IS2004-2029a<br> 25 April, 2004<br> Kabul, Afghanistan<br><br> Canadian LAV III (light armoured vehicles) at sunrise at Camp Julien, Kabul, Afghanistan.<br><br> Canadian troops are in Afghanistan as part of Operation ATHENA, Canada's contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul.<br><br> Operation ATHENA began in August 2003 and is currently scheduled to end in August 2005. At this time, ISAF comprises 6,400 troops from 34 nations, commanded by Canadian Lieutenant-General Rick Hillier.<br><br> Photo; Sgt Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera<br><br> FRENCH TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW<br><br> French/Francais<br> IS2004-2029a<br> 25 April, 2004<br> Kabul, Afghanistan<br><br>
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UN raises $33-million, far short of target to salvage Yemen tanker
FILE - This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the FSO Safer tanker moored off Ras Issa port, Yemen on June 17, 2020. David Gressly, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said Wednesday, May 11, 2022, that the U.N. is seeking $144 million needed to fund the salvage operation of the FSO Safer, a decaying tanker full of oil moored off the coast of Yemen. The ship's demise could cause an environmental disaster. (Maxar Technologies via AP, File)
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Yemen’s president steps aside as efforts to end long-running civil war gain momentum
FILE - Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi walks next of his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi, not in photo, upon his arrival at Tunis-Carthage international airport to attend the Arab Summit, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 30, 2019. Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, April 7, 2022, as international and regional efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Yemen’s warring parties agree to two-month truce: UN
FILE - Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Yemen's warring sides have accepted a two-month truce, starting with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said Friday, April 1. The envoy, Hans Grundberg, announced the agreement from Amman, Jordan, after meeting separately with both sides in the country's brutal civil war in recent days. He said that he hoped the truce would be renewed after two months. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
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Donor conference for Afghanistan falls US$2-billion short of goal
FILE PHOTO: An Afghan woman holds her child as she and others wait to receive package being distributed by a Turkish humanitarian aid group at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara
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Saudi-offered, rebel-rejected cease-fire starts in Yemen war
Houthi supporters attend a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen's war in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, 26 March, 2022. (AP Photo/Abdulsalam Sharhan)
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Many in Middle East see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine
FILE - A malnourished boy lies in a bed waiting to receive treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 23, 2019. In Yemen, a grinding seven-year war between a Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels has left 13 million people at risk of starvation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
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Kamal Al-Solaylee on the war we chose to forget
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Was it worth it? F1 race in Saudi Arabia raises questions
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 27: Nico Hulkenberg of Germany driving the (27) Aston Martin AMR22 Mercedes leads Zhou Guanyu of China driving the (24) Alfa Romeo F1 C42 Ferrari and Nicholas Latifi of Canada driving the (6) Williams FW44 Mercedes during the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 27, 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
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Top EU diplomat says nuclear agreement with Iran ‘very close’
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during the Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
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At least eight people killed in Saudi missile attack on Yemeni cities
A Yemeni soldier inspects a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 26, 2022. A Houthi media office claimed an airstrike hit houses for guards of the social insurance office, killing at least seven people and wounding three others, including women and children. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack oil depot in Saudi city of Jiddah
A cloud of smoke rises from a burning oil depot in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Yemen is starving, but the deepest hunger is for peace
Kamal Al-Solaylee
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck same Saudi oil site as one they hit two years ago, satellite photos show
In this satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, damage is seen after an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting Saudi Aramco's North Jiddah Bulk Plant in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 21, 2022. Yemen's Houthi rebels this week struck the exact same oil storage tank in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah that they previously hit some two years earlier, satellite photos show. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
energy and resources
Oil edges lower as EU looks less likely to ban Russian oil
A pumpjack of Wintershall DEA extracting crude oil at an old oil field in Emlichheim, Germany, Friday, March 18, 2022. Despite the energy transition to renewables to fight climate change, Germany still relies heavily on imports of oil, gas and coal. Most fossil fuels are imported from Russia. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)