Is southern Yemen’s next phase being decided on the ground?
Security fragmentation and regional rivalries are reshaping power in southern Yemen.
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Yemen’s crumbling health system leaves patients without treatment options
Outdated medical equipment, airport closures, and funding cuts combine to jeopardise patient outcomes in Yemen.
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Hope flickers as lights return to war-scarred Aden
Key southern Yemeni city enters delicate new phase as internationally recognised government re-establishes its presence.
The Take: Who controls Yemen now and why it matters
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Yemen as power struggles intensify and aid gaps grow.
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One family’s daily struggle reflects alarming food shortages in Yemen
Nasr has no steady employment in Sanaa. He, his wife and five daughters often go to bed hungry.
Demonstrators hold a banner and flags in support of Palestinians during a protest in relation to the ceasefire in Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland. [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters]
Protesters chant and bang on rubbish bins as they stand behind a makeshift barricade during a protest in response to the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was shot by a US Border Patrol officer earlier in the day in Minneapolis. [Adam Gray/AP Photo]
The Senegalese football team rides through thousands of cheering fans celebrating their victory in the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, in Dakar, Senegal. [Misper Apawu/AP Photo]
Mourners carry the body of Abd Shaat, one of the three Palestinian journalists killed in an Israeli attack on an Egyptian committee's vehicle, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
A demonstrator holds a portrait depicting abducted President Nicolas Maduro, as supporters of Venezuela's government march during a rally to demand the release of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, following their capture by US forces during recent US raids on the country, in Caracas, Venezuela. [Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters]
People climb over the damaged al-Rashid Bridge, with some crossing on foot, after it was destroyed as Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdrew, a day after government forces took control of the area on the outskirts of Raqqa, northeastern Syria. [Ghaith Alsayed/AP Photo]
US President Donald Trump holds the charter during a signing ceremony on his Board of Peace initiative at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. [Markus Schreiber/AP Photo]
Rescue workers and firefighters work with heavy machinery to search through the rubble of a burned building of a multistorey shopping plaza following a massive fire in Karachi, Pakistan. [Ali Raza/AP Photo]
People burn US and Israeli flags during a rally in support of the Iranian government, in Istanbul, Turkiye. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Security forces inspect the site of a deadly car bomb attack near the southern port city of Aden, Yemen. [Reuters]
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Five killed in ‘treacherous’ attack on military convoy in Yemen
Bombing targeted convoy carrying Giants Brigades’ commander, an ally of the Saudi-backed government, authorities say.
‘Stripped naked’: Yemeni detainee recounts torture in UAE-run prison
A Yemeni man Ali Hassan Ali who spent more than two years in detention in secret prisons seeks justice.
Yemen faces worst food crisis since 2022, aid group warns
Aid cuts, conflict and economic collapse push millions of Yemenis towards severe hunger in 2026.
Regained momentum sets Yemen government’s eyes on Houthis in the north
The STC’s collapse leads to Yemeni government strides in the south, but Houthis remain defiant in the north.
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government appoints new prime minister
FM Shaya Mohsen Zindani named as new PM, as Saudi Arabia moves to consolidate control over Yemen’s presidential body.
