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Houthi-run Yemen Petroleum Company raises petrol and diesel prices in areas it controls Illustration of a fuel pump displaying 575 rials per litre, a rising price chart and a 20-litre fuel canister marked 11,500 rials

Illustration of a fuel pump displaying 575 rials per litre, a rising price chart and a 20-litre fuel canister marked 11,500 rials

Houthi-run Yemen Petroleum Company raises petrol and diesel prices in areas it controls

Yemen Herald News September 16, 2026

The company lifted petrol about 10.5% and diesel about 21% in territory the group administers, pricing the...

Saudi-led coalition says it downed a drone near Mecca as Houthis deny targeting the city Illustration of a radar dome tracking an incoming drone, with an interceptor destroying it in mid-air

Illustration of a radar dome tracking an incoming drone, with an interceptor destroying it in mid-air

Saudi-led coalition says it downed a drone near Mecca as Houthis deny targeting the city

Yemen Herald News September 16, 2026

The Saudi-led coalition said its air defences destroyed a drone before it reached airspace over Mecca and...

Shura Council chairman bin Daghr discusses Bab al-Mandab escalation with French ambassador Shura Council chairman Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr meets French ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun in Aden

Shura Council chairman Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr meets French ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun in Aden

Shura Council chairman bin Daghr discusses Bab al-Mandab escalation with French ambassador

Yemen Herald News September 16, 2026

Shura Council chairman Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr and French ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun discussed the Houthi advance on...

UN Security Council meets on Houthi control of Bab al-Mandab at France’s request Delegates stand in the United Nations Security Council chamber during a session on Yemen

Delegates stand in the United Nations Security Council chamber during a session on Yemen

UN Security Council meets on Houthi control of Bab al-Mandab at France’s request

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

France, which holds the Security Council presidency, called Tuesday's session after Houthi forces took Yemen's Red Sea...

Yemen’s acting ambassador in Damascus discusses security coordination with Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab Yemeni acting ambassador Mohammed Baaker and Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab exchange a commemorative plaque during a meeting at the Interior Ministry in Damascus

Yemeni acting ambassador Mohammed Baaker and Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab exchange a commemorative plaque during a meeting at the Interior Ministry in Damascus

Yemen’s acting ambassador in Damascus discusses security coordination with Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Mohammed Baaker met Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab in Damascus on Tuesday to discuss security coordination, consular...

Houthis take Greater and Lesser Hanish islands as government forces withdraw Illustration of two Red Sea islands with a flag planted on the larger summit, radiating range arcs, and cargo vessels passing along a dashed shipping lane.

Illustration of two Red Sea islands with a flag planted on the larger summit, radiating range arcs, and cargo vessels passing along a dashed shipping lane.

Houthis take Greater and Lesser Hanish islands as government forces withdraw

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Hundreds of government-allied troops left the archipelago before Houthi fighters deployed there, two government officials and a...

Human Rights Watch says recent Houthi attacks on commercial ships likely amount to war crimes Illustration of a container ship at sea with a missile trajectory ending in an impact burst at its bow, and a set of scales of justice in the foreground.

Illustration of a container ship at sea with a missile trajectory ending in an impact burst at its bow, and a set of scales of justice in the foreground.

Human Rights Watch says recent Houthi attacks on commercial ships likely amount to war crimes

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

The rights group named the Encelia, Daisy, Tihamah and Amzan, and said the Aug. 11 strike on...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba asks Japan to help build up Yemen’s coast guard and navy Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba in an official portrait, standing beside the flag of Yemen.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba in an official portrait, standing beside the flag of Yemen.

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba asks Japan to help build up Yemen’s coast guard and navy

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Toshimitsu Motegi said the Houthis threaten free and safe navigation and pledged Japanese support for the coast...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba discusses Red Sea security with Tunisia’s Mohamed Ali Nafti Flags of Yemen and Tunisia on either side of a telephone handset, with a cargo ship on water below.

Flags of Yemen and Tunisia on either side of a telephone handset, with a cargo ship on water below.

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba discusses Red Sea security with Tunisia’s Mohamed Ali Nafti

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Nafti said Tunisia supported Yemen’s security, stability, unity and territorial integrity, according to Saba, the only published...

Mukhtar al-Yafei and Hassan Raddad discuss vocational training and a joint employment committee in Cairo Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Mukhtar al-Yafei seated in talks with Egyptian Labour Minister Hassan Raddad in Cairo

Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Mukhtar al-Yafei seated in talks with Egyptian Labour Minister Hassan Raddad in Cairo

Mukhtar al-Yafei and Hassan Raddad discuss vocational training and a joint employment committee in Cairo

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Yemen's social affairs and labour minister Mukhtar al-Yafei met Egyptian labour minister Hassan Raddad in Cairo on...