Politics

Parliament Speaker Sultan al-Barakani praises Kuwait’s aid to Yemen in Riyadh meeting Illustration of Yemeni and Kuwaiti flags above a meeting table with two officials facing each other across a sealed document

Illustration of Yemeni and Kuwaiti flags above a meeting table with two officials facing each other across a sealed document

Parliament Speaker Sultan al-Barakani praises Kuwait’s aid to Yemen in Riyadh meeting

Yemen Herald News October 19, 2026

Yemen's parliament speaker, Sultan al-Barakani, praised Kuwait's humanitarian and development support in a meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador...

Ambassador Jamila Ali Raja raises Houthi escalation with US Assistant Secretary Donald Blome Jamila Ali Raja, Yemen’s ambassador to the United States, pictured against the Yemeni flag

Jamila Ali Raja, Yemen’s ambassador to the United States, pictured against the Yemeni flag

Ambassador Jamila Ali Raja raises Houthi escalation with US Assistant Secretary Donald Blome

Yemen Herald News October 19, 2026

Yemen's ambassador to the United States, Jamila Ali Raja, discussed Houthi attacks on Yemeni and Saudi sites...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba rejects Iran’s offer to mediate in Yemen Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba standing in front of the national flag

Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba standing in front of the national flag

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba rejects Iran’s offer to mediate in Yemen

Yemen Herald News October 18, 2026

Yemen's foreign minister, Afrah al-Zouba, rejected an Iranian offer to mediate between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis,...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba asks OIC states to designate the Houthis a terrorist organisation Yemen's delegation seated behind a Yemen nameplate at the 52nd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Baghdad, with the Nigerian delegation alongside.

Yemen's delegation seated behind a Yemen nameplate at the 52nd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Baghdad, with the Nigerian delegation alongside.

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba asks OIC states to designate the Houthis a terrorist organisation

Yemen Herald News October 18, 2026

Yemen's foreign minister asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday to designate the Houthi movement a...

Al-Alimi briefs UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on Taiz and the Dawn of Yemen operation President Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, in front of a Yemeni flag

President Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, in front of a Yemeni flag

Al-Alimi briefs UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on Taiz and the Dawn of Yemen operation

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

Rashad al-Alimi set out the government’s offensive and conditions in Taiz in a call with Ed Miliband,...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba raises attacks on shipping in call with Indonesian counterpart Illustration of the flags of Yemen and Indonesia linked by a telephone handset symbol

Illustration of the flags of Yemen and Indonesia linked by a telephone handset symbol

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba raises attacks on shipping in call with Indonesian counterpart

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

Afrah al-Zouba discussed Houthi attacks on commercial vessels with Indonesia’s new foreign minister, Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir, in...

Yemen’s ambassador to Japan raises Taiz siege and Red Sea shipping with Japanese official Two diplomats seated facing each other in a Tokyo office with a Japanese flag behind them

Two diplomats seated facing each other in a Tokyo office with a Japanese flag behind them

Yemen’s ambassador to Japan raises Taiz siege and Red Sea shipping with Japanese official

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

Yemen's ambassador in Tokyo, Adel al-Sunaini, asked Japan to maintain its support in a meeting with a...

UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in first Yemen statement since 2019 Illustration of a horseshoe council table with delegates and a sealed document, representing a UN Security Council presidential statement on Yemen

Illustration of a horseshoe council table with delegates and a sealed document, representing a UN Security Council presidential statement on Yemen

UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in first Yemen statement since 2019

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

The UN Security Council adopted a presidential statement on 15 October condemning Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia,...

Yemen’s former prime minister says Taiz will decide the war’s next phase Illustration of a besieged city skyline ringed by arrows, linked to a ship passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait

Illustration of a besieged city skyline ringed by arrows, linked to a ship passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait

Yemen’s former prime minister says Taiz will decide the war’s next phase

Yemen Herald News October 17, 2026

Yemen's former prime minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told The Guardian that a Houthi capture of Taiz would...

Al-Zindani urges tighter control of dual-use goods at anti-smuggling committee meeting Illustration of a port checkpoint with a lowered barrier gate, a gantry crane lifting a shipping container, stacked containers and a magnifying glass inspecting a crate

Illustration of a port checkpoint with a lowered barrier gate, a gantry crane lifting a shipping container, stacked containers and a magnifying glass inspecting a crate

Al-Zindani urges tighter control of dual-use goods at anti-smuggling committee meeting

Yemen Herald News October 16, 2026

Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani chaired the Supreme Committee to Combat Smuggling in Aden on Thursday, calling for...