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Yemen’s rights ministry says Houthi restrictions are deepening Taiz water crisis A woman carries a water container beside a donkey loaded with yellow jerrycans on rough ground at the edge of a Yemeni town

A woman carries a water container beside a donkey loaded with yellow jerrycans on rough ground at the edge of a Yemeni town

Yemen’s rights ministry says Houthi restrictions are deepening Taiz water crisis

Yemen Herald News October 27, 2026

Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights says Houthi restrictions on supplies from the al-Dabab basin are deepening a...

Taiz hospital says it cut working incubators from 40 to 10 as fuel runs short A nurse in a headscarf tends to a newborn lying in an incubator in a hospital neonatal unit.

A nurse in a headscarf tends to a newborn lying in an incubator in a hospital neonatal unit.

Taiz hospital says it cut working incubators from 40 to 10 as fuel runs short

Yemen Herald News October 27, 2026

Staff at the Yemeni-Swedish Hospital for Maternity and Childhood in Taiz told Reuters that fuel shortages had...

IOM says 268,000 displaced in Yemen as EU adds 22.5 million euros in aid Displaced Yemeni children sit outside makeshift tents at a camp for families uprooted by the conflict

Displaced Yemeni children sit outside makeshift tents at a camp for families uprooted by the conflict

IOM says 268,000 displaced in Yemen as EU adds 22.5 million euros in aid

Yemen Herald News October 26, 2026

The International Organization for Migration says more than 268,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen since fighting...

Aden governor asks UN agencies to fund development as well as emergency aid Illustration of Yemeni and UN flags beside a meeting table with displacement tents, marking Aden humanitarian talks

Illustration of Yemeni and UN flags beside a meeting table with displacement tents, marking Aden humanitarian talks

Aden governor asks UN agencies to fund development as well as emergency aid

Yemen Herald News October 26, 2026

Abdulrahman Sheikh told an OCHA delegation that relief aimed only at immediate needs was not keeping pace...

Yemen’s health minister and WFP discuss wider nutrition programmes in Aden Yemeni health ministry and World Food Programme officials seated at a meeting table beside Yemeni flags in Aden

Yemeni health ministry and World Food Programme officials seated at a meeting table beside Yemeni flags in Aden

Yemen’s health minister and WFP discuss wider nutrition programmes in Aden

Yemen Herald News October 26, 2026

Yemen's health minister Qasem Buhaybeh and a senior World Food Programme official discussed expanding nutrition work for...

Aden governor asks UNFPA for more support as city counts 46,675 displaced people Illustration of a meeting table beneath the Yemeni and United Nations flags with silhouettes of displaced families beside tents

Illustration of a meeting table beneath the Yemeni and United Nations flags with silhouettes of displaced families beside tents

Aden governor asks UNFPA for more support as city counts 46,675 displaced people

Yemen Herald News October 26, 2026

Aden's governor asked UNFPA for wider humanitarian support as local authorities put the number of displaced people...

WHO says 42 Taiz health facilities face severe shortages as dialysis sessions are cut Illustration of a Taiz hospital with a medical cross, an oxygen cylinder at low level, an empty fuel drum and a falling bar chart representing dwindling medical supplies

Illustration of a Taiz hospital with a medical cross, an oxygen cylinder at low level, an empty fuel drum and a falling bar chart representing dwindling medical supplies

WHO says 42 Taiz health facilities face severe shortages as dialysis sessions are cut

Yemen Herald News October 26, 2026

The World Health Organization says 42 health facilities in Taiz city report severe shortages of fuel, oxygen...

Yemen’s planning minister and UNHCR review refugee returns and aid for displaced families Yemeni planning ministry officials and UN refugee agency staff seated around a meeting table in Aden

Yemeni planning ministry officials and UN refugee agency staff seated around a meeting table in Aden

Yemen’s planning minister and UNHCR review refugee returns and aid for displaced families

Yemen Herald News October 25, 2026

Planning Minister Mohammed al-Faqmi met Moses Kebrunu, the acting head of UNHCR's programme in Yemen, to review...

UN says 800,000 people in Taiz cut off from aid for 20 days Illustration of an aid truck marked with a red cross stopped at a barrier on the road into a city ringed by a dashed cordon, with a water container beside it.

Illustration of an aid truck marked with a red cross stopped at a barrier on the road into a city ringed by a dashed cordon, with a water container beside it.

UN says 800,000 people in Taiz cut off from aid for 20 days

Yemen Herald News October 24, 2026

The UN humanitarian office says more than 800,000 people in Taiz have been cut off from aid...

Yemen’s human rights minister raises Taiz siege with UN rights office in Geneva Illustration of a besieged city encircled by a red cordon with a striped barrier blocking the supply road and water, medical and fuel icons held outside

Illustration of a besieged city encircled by a red cordon with a striped barrier blocking the supply road and water, medical and fuel icons held outside

Yemen’s human rights minister raises Taiz siege with UN rights office in Geneva

Yemen Herald News October 22, 2026

Yemen's human rights minister Mashdal Mohammed Omar asked the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva to condemn...