Yemen

Yemen news coverage by Yemen Herald News.

UN rights chief urges immediate de-escalation as Yemen’s civilian toll climbs Illustration of a displacement camp in Yemen with tents, a family group, a water container and a medical marker, beside an alert symbol representing renewed hostilities

Illustration of a displacement camp in Yemen with tents, a family group, a water container and a medical marker, beside an alert symbol representing renewed hostilities

UN rights chief urges immediate de-escalation as Yemen’s civilian toll climbs

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Volker Turk says at least seventeen civilians have been killed or injured in government-held Yemen since 6...

Al-Alimi meets Japan’s foreign minister in Riyadh on aid and Red Sea shipping security Illustration of a bilateral meeting showing the Yemeni and Japanese flags behind two officials seated across a conference table with a signed document

Illustration of a bilateral meeting showing the Yemeni and Japanese flags behind two officials seated across a conference table with a signed document

Al-Alimi meets Japan’s foreign minister in Riyadh on aid and Red Sea shipping security

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Yemen’s president asked Tokyo to expand support for the coast guard and the power sector as Japan’s...

Houthis claim missile strike on Saudi landing ship off Yemen’s Mokha coast Illustration of a burning military landing ship in the Red Sea with escort boats nearby and missile trails arcing in from the Yemeni coast

Illustration of a burning military landing ship in the Red Sea with escort boats nearby and missile trails arcing in from the Yemeni coast

Houthis claim missile strike on Saudi landing ship off Yemen’s Mokha coast

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

The Houthi military says ballistic missiles hit a Saudi landing ship and four escorts off Mokha as...

Hijacking Off Somalia Extends a Piracy Wave That Has Already Reached Yemeni Waters Illustration of a container ship in the Gulf of Aden shipping corridor with an alert marker and a skiff carrying three armed men approaching

Illustration of a container ship in the Gulf of Aden shipping corridor with an alert marker and a skiff carrying three armed men approaching

Hijacking Off Somalia Extends a Piracy Wave That Has Already Reached Yemeni Waters

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Eight armed men seized a cargo ship four nautical miles off Mareeyo, Somalia, UKMTO says, extending a...

UAE’s local-partner strategy in Yemen unravels after the STC’s collapse in Aden $Illustration of the outline of Yemen with a red fracture line across the south, beside a United Arab Emirates flag linked to it by a snapped chain$

UAE’s local-partner strategy in Yemen unravels after the STC’s collapse in Aden

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

A decade of Emirati influence built on southern armed partners came apart within weeks after government forces...

First shipment of equipment arrives for Aden’s 100-megawatt emergency power plant Editorial illustration of a heavy trailer carrying power generation equipment arriving at a power station with cooling stacks and a transmission pylon, marking the first shipment for Aden 100 megawatt emergency plant

Editorial illustration of a heavy trailer carrying power generation equipment arriving at a power station with cooling stacks and a transmission pylon, marking the first shipment for Aden 100 megawatt emergency plant

First shipment of equipment arrives for Aden’s 100-megawatt emergency power plant

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Yemen's Ministry of Electricity and Energy says 12 trailers carrying generating equipment have reached Aden for a...

Tawakkol Karman blocked from UN Security Council briefing on Yemen after member objections Illustration of a UN Security Council horseshoe table with seated delegates and one empty seat, a microphone and nameplate crossed out by a red prohibition sign

Illustration of a UN Security Council horseshoe table with seated delegates and one empty seat, a microphone and nameplate crossed out by a red prohibition sign

Tawakkol Karman blocked from UN Security Council briefing on Yemen after member objections

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman was prevented from addressing a UN Security Council civil society briefing on Yemen...

Houthi missiles strike positions near Bab al-Mandab as Mokha port stays shut Illustration of a burning cargo ship on the Red Sea beside a port crane, with missile trails arcing in from the left

Illustration of a burning cargo ship on the Red Sea beside a port crane, with missile trails arcing in from the left

Houthi missiles strike positions near Bab al-Mandab as Mokha port stays shut

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

A Yemeni military source says Houthi ballistic missiles hit positions near the Bab al-Mandab Strait in Taiz,...

PLC member al-Muharrami reviews Red Sea shipping threat with US envoy in Riyadh Editorial illustration of Yemeni and American officials in talks beneath their two flags, with a briefing chart displayed alongside

Editorial illustration of Yemeni and American officials in talks beneath their two flags, with a briefing chart displayed alongside

PLC member al-Muharrami reviews Red Sea shipping threat with US envoy in Riyadh

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Presidential Leadership Council member Abdulrahman al-Muharrami met US Chargé d’Affaires Neil Hop in Riyadh to review Houthi...

Kuwaiti-funded housing complex for low-income families advances in Hadramout Editorial illustration of a row of new houses with lit windows and a family group, beneath the Yemeni and Kuwaiti flags

Editorial illustration of a row of new houses with lit windows and a family group, beneath the Yemeni and Kuwaiti flags

Kuwaiti-funded housing complex for low-income families advances in Hadramout

Yemen Herald News August 18, 2026

Hadramout Governor Salem Ahmed al-Khanbashi met the Abdullah Habishan Foundation in Mukalla to finalise a Kuwaiti-funded residential...