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Rights groups say Houthis referred detained UN staff for prosecution on capital charges Illustration of a barred detention cell with a seated figure and an arrow pointing to a charge sheet bearing a red seal

Illustration of a barred detention cell with a seated figure and an arrow pointing to a charge sheet bearing a red seal

Rights groups say Houthis referred detained UN staff for prosecution on capital charges

Yemen Herald News October 6, 2026

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International say at least eight detained UN and civil society staff have...

Qatar’s emir renews support for Yemen’s unity in reply to al-Alimi Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad al-Alimi

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad al-Alimi

Qatar’s emir renews support for Yemen’s unity in reply to al-Alimi

Yemen Herald News October 6, 2026

Saba says Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani wrote to Rashad al-Alimi renewing Qatar’s support for Yemen’s...

Yemen’s human rights minister asks Germany to press Houthis over detainees Illustration of the Yemeni and German flags beside a meeting table with documents, representing talks in Geneva

Illustration of the Yemeni and German flags beside a meeting table with documents, representing talks in Geneva

Yemen’s human rights minister asks Germany to press Houthis over detainees

Yemen Herald News October 6, 2026

Mashdal Omar asked Germany’s UN envoy in Geneva to push for the immediate release of detainees held...

Yemeni army says 97 operations put 260 Houthi fighters out of action on Taiz fronts Yemeni soldiers in camouflage stand with assault rifles at a front-line position

Yemeni soldiers in camouflage stand with assault rifles at a front-line position

Yemeni army says 97 operations put 260 Houthi fighters out of action on Taiz fronts

Yemen Herald News October 5, 2026

Yemeni armed forces spokesman Col. Majed al-Nazili said 97 operations on Sunday put 260 Houthi fighters out...

Yemeni government says its forces took Bab al-Mandab and Mocha as Houthis deny advance Illustration of the Bab al-Mandab strait with a cargo ship in the channel and a red arrow marking a ground advance from the Yemeni shore

Illustration of the Bab al-Mandab strait with a cargo ship in the channel and a red arrow marking a ground advance from the Yemeni shore

Yemeni government says its forces took Bab al-Mandab and Mocha as Houthis deny advance

Yemen Herald News October 5, 2026

Yemen's government said its forces seized the Bab al-Mandab strait area, Dhubab and the port of Mocha...

Yemeni rights group documents 61 violations against civilians in Taiz in 24 hours Illustration of a rights monitoring report with tally marks beside damaged buildings and an impact burst, representing documented violations in Taiz, Yemen

Illustration of a rights monitoring report with tally marks beside damaged buildings and an impact burst, representing documented violations in Taiz, Yemen

Yemeni rights group documents 61 violations against civilians in Taiz in 24 hours

Yemen Herald News October 5, 2026

The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms says it recorded 61 violations in Taiz governorate over 24...

Yemen tells UN Human Rights Council that Houthi escalation killed more than 250 civilians Yemen's delegation speaks at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva behind a Yemen nameplate

Yemen's delegation speaks at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva behind a Yemen nameplate

Yemen tells UN Human Rights Council that Houthi escalation killed more than 250 civilians

Yemen Herald News October 5, 2026

Yemen's human rights minister, Mashdal Omar, told the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council that...

About 15 airstrikes hit Houthi positions in al-Jawf, military sources say Smoke rises over a village after an airstrike in Yemen

Smoke rises over a village after an airstrike in Yemen

About 15 airstrikes hit Houthi positions in al-Jawf, military sources say

Yemen Herald News October 5, 2026

Military sources say about 15 airstrikes struck Houthi positions east of al-Hazm and in Khab wa al-Sha'af...

Masam says it cleared 1,256 mines in Yemen in the first four days of October Cleared landmines laid out in rows with red marker flags at a demining site in Yemen

Cleared landmines laid out in rows with red marker flags at a demining site in Yemen

Masam says it cleared 1,256 mines in Yemen in the first four days of October

Yemen Herald News October 5, 2026

The Saudi-funded Masam project said it removed 1,256 landmines and unexploded munitions from Yemeni land between Oct....

Southern Transitional Council calls Oct. 14 mass rally and declares popular mobilisation Illustration of a crowd with banners and a megaphone beside a badge reading Oct 14

Illustration of a crowd with banners and a megaphone beside a badge reading Oct 14

Southern Transitional Council calls Oct. 14 mass rally and declares popular mobilisation

Yemen Herald News October 4, 2026

The Southern Transitional Council said it would hold a mass rally on Oct. 14 in Aden and...