Yemen

Yemen children killed and injured after pupil brings unexploded ordnance to school

Two children were killed and eight critically wounded when an unexploded bomb went off at a school in the Yemeni capital, UNICEF said

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US House votes to end military support for Yemen war

The US House voted to end military support for the Yemen war, dealing a rebuke to Donald Trump and curtailing a president's war-making powers

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Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September

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US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander

Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East

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Yemen and Houthi rebels agree to first pullback of forces from Hodeidah

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hodeidah

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UN calls on Yemen’s Houthis to allow access to critical Hodeidah grain silo

The UN aid chief urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to grant access to a food storage site in Hodeidah containing enough grain to feed millions of starving civilians

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Jordan to hold new talks on Yemen prisoner swap deal

Yemeni government delegates and Houthi rebels will reconvene in Jordan for a new round of talks to thrash out a deal on a prisoner exchange

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Seven killed in Yemen market bombing blamed on Houthi rebels

A bomb attack in a market killed seven Yemeni civilians including a photographer for a UAE television channel in the town of Mokha

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Yemen truce and prisoner exchange timelines pushed back, UN envoy says

The UN envoy for Yemen said the timeline for a truce in the port city of Hodeidah and a prisoner swap between warring parties had been pushed back

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Yemen government and Houthis rebels meet on prisoner swap details

Yemeni government and rebel representatives met in Jordan for a second day to thrash out the details of a major prisoner exchange

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