UAE,US intercept second Houthi missile attack in a week targeting Abu Dhabi

UAE,US intercept second Houthi missile attack in a week targeting Abu Dhabi

The attacks threaten the business-friendly,tourism-focused efforts of the Emirates,a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula also home to Dubai.

  • byJon Gambrell

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UN chief condemns deadly Saudi-led coalition strike in Yemen

UN chief condemns deadly Saudi-led coalition strike in Yemen

Save the Children said in a statement that three children were reportedly killed in the western city of Hodeidah.

  • byMichelle Nichols
The forgotten taste of uninhibited joy:Yemenis unite in soccer win over Saudis

The forgotten taste of uninhibited joy:Yemenis unite in soccer win over Saudis

In a country beset by war,and divided by rebels and by a Saudi-backed government “The joy was for all,even those who are fighting each other”.

  • byAli Al-Mujahed andSiobhán O'Grady
Mystery air base under construction in Middle East

Mystery air base under construction in Middle East

The runway on Mayun Island,which no country has officially claimed,will allow whoever controls it to launch air strikes into the Red Sea,the Gulf of Aden and nearby East Africa.

  • byJon Gambrell
Yemeni model ‘abducted from the street’ after doing photoshoot without hijab

Yemeni model ‘abducted from the street’ after doing photoshoot without hijab

Entesar Al-Hammadi was arrested in the Yemeni capital in February with two friends as they travelled to a film set.

  • byJames Rothwell
UN chief blasts ‘disappointing’ Yemen pledge by rich countries as children starve

UN chief blasts ‘disappointing’ Yemen pledge by rich countries as children starve

“The shortfall ... will be measured in lives lost,” said a fundraising participant,after a global conference raised half of its aid target.

  • bySamy Magdy
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Rape response reminds us of the leadership we lack
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Rape response reminds us of the leadership we lack

The scandalous repsonse of the government to the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins in a ministerial office betrays a lack of leadership and decency.

Sexual violence against children being used as a ‘weapon’ of war
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Sexual violence against children being used as a ‘weapon’ of war

Australian Georgia Tacey has witnessed first-hand the result of sexual violence against children,a ‘weapon’ Save the Children say armed forces are using more.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Australian nurse calls for vaccination rollout in war-torn countries

Australian nurse calls for vaccination rollout in war-torn countries

In a makeshift treatment centre in the Middle East,Australian nurse Kieren Box was trying to treat COVID-19 patients with other things on their minds.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Economic profiteering is fuelling the war in Yemen:UN panel

Economic profiteering is fuelling the war in Yemen:UN panel

A new report accuses the government of money-laundering and being indifferent to the devastating impact on its people.

  • byEdith Lederer
Blast at Yemen airport kills dozens,wounds more than 100

Blast at Yemen airport kills dozens,wounds more than 100

Yemen's internationally recognised government said Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired four ballistic missiles at the airport.

  • byAhmed Al-Haj andSamy Magdy