Yemen's Presidential Council Chairman, Rashad Al-Alimi, met with the US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Fagin, on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of reviewing the US Treasury Department's decision to impose sanctions on prominent Yemeni businessman and parliament member Sheikh Hamid Al-Ahm...
Joyce Msuya, the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator, reported on Tuesday that the arbitrary detention of humanitarian workers and false accusations against them continue to severely impede humanitarian assistance in Yemen. In her briefin...
The leadership of the Central Bank of Yemen, headed by Deputy Governor Mohammed Banajah, met with European Union ambassadors on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of the July 2024 agreement announced by the UN envoy to Yemen, which resulted in the cancellation of certain bank decisions. The ...
Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, returned to Aden, Yemen's temporary capital, on Tuesday evening following a "fruitful" participation in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. According to the official Saba News Agency, Al-Alimi w...
Barbara Woodward, the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, called on the Houthi group, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, to refrain from dragging Yemen into a regional war through attacks on Israel. During a speech at the UN Secur...
“Every day the exchange rate rises, and we say we will endure, but each day we are getting worse,” lamented 40-year-old Mahyoub Qassem, expressing frustration over the ongoing decline of the Yemeni rial against foreign currencies and its impact on commodity prices and living conditions. ...
The Central Bank of Yemen, based in Aden, the country's temporary capital, announced on Tuesday that it will hold an auction to sell $50 million on Sunday, October 20, 2024. According to an announcement posted on the bank's official website seen by Barran Press, participants must submit...
The National Center for Meteorology and Early Warning announced on Tuesday that scattered thunderstorms are expected over the next 24 hours in various regions across 10 Yemeni governorates. In its daily report, which was reviewed by Barran Press, the center indicated that the mountainous areas ...
Ahmed Bin Mubarak, the internationally recognized Prime Minister of Yemen, urged for increased international support on Tuesday to halt the decline of the national currency, which has recently plummeted below 2,000 rials per US dollar. This call came during his meeting with Norway’s Speci...
According to Arabian Gulf Business Insight, Houthi attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea have resulted in a more than 50% increase in air cargo shipments to Saudi Arabia. The American platform, which specializes in reporting on economic and trade trends in the Gulf and the broader Middle E...
The Central Bank of Yemen urged the government on Tuesday to reevaluate its financial and economic policies, particularly in the areas of public resource mobilization and expenditure planning according to priorities. This call came during a virtual meeting of the bank's board of directors, ...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Tuesday about the circulation of fraudulent advertisements on WhatsApp and social media platforms claiming to offer cash prizes or job opportunities with the organization. In a statement on its official website, which was revie...
Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, stated on Tuesday that he has technical options for addressing the economic situation in Yemen and is working to persuade various parties to collaborate on these economic matters as the only way to ensure stability. In a briefing to th...
On Monday, the United Nations Security Council announced that it will convene several important sessions this week in light of the escalating situation in the Middle East, with discussions focusing on Lebanon, Yemen, and Western Sahara. Regarding Yemen, the Security Council stated that an open ...
Military sources reported that Colonel Ahmed Mohsen Al-Sulaimani, the Chief of Staff of the First Shabwa Defense Brigade affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council, was killed in an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen. According to s...
The internationally recognized Yemeni government convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday with the leadership of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance to address the recent developments surrounding the national currency's exchange rates. The meeting aimed to discuss urgent measures in l...
Satellite images and numerical weather model maps indicate that a low-pressure system in the Arabian Sea has reached the coasts of Oman, bringing with it the onset of cumulonimbus clouds over southern Oman. Weather expert Khalid Al-Shatah reported on his Facebook page that the latest satellite ...
Ahmed Bin Mubarak, the Prime Minister of the internationally recognized Yemeni government, expressed his desire for increased British support for the government and the Yemeni people amid "exceptional" circumstances that demand heightened humanitarian and service commitments. This sta...
The hashtag "(#جنات_فضحت_الحوثي)" JannatExposedtheHouthis" has rapidly gained traction on social media platforms, particularly on X, following a recent court ruling against a Houthi leader for the sexual assault of nine-year-old Jannat Taher Abdulwahid Al-Siyaghi. The ruling h...
A recent official document from the Yemen Commercial Banks Association has unveiled a "severe liquidity crisis" plaguing banks in areas controlled by the Houthi movement, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization. The crisis is attributed to measures taken by the gr...