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Soldiers supported by a coalition of Arab countries have invaded the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. That reports television station Al-Arabiya.

For safety reasons, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has brought back 71 employees from Yemen. The aid organization decided to do so after 'a series of incidents and threats'. This is how an employee died after a shooting earlier this year.

The US has warned the United Arab Emirates not to attack the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. The army of Yemen, supported by the Emirates, has approached Hodeidah to less than 10 kilometers. Hodeidah is in the hands of Houthi rebels and the port is an important release point for relief supplies for the ailing population of Yemen.

At least six people were killed by air attacks on the presidential palace in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. The bombing was carried out by the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia. According to medical workers and eyewitnesses, 30 people were injured.

The US has formally complained to China about Chinese people who seem to have American air force pilots with lasers at their base in Djibouti. The US has a base in the African country where about four thousand people are stationed.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a flying start as a minister. After not reporting twelve hours after his appointment at NATO in Brussels on Friday, he arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, at the beginning of a short journey through the Middle East.

Houthi rebels have fired missiles from Yemen to Saudi Arabia. According to their news agency Saba, this time it was about eight ballistic projectiles aimed at 'economic and essential goals' # \u0026 # x27; in the province of Jizan.

US President Donald Trump once again strongly criticized the nuclear deal with Iran. He called the agreement 'insane' and 'ridiculous.' Trump made that statement during the visit of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who wants to prevent Trump from withdrawing from the nuclear agreement with Tehran.

The price of crude oil continues to rise, despite additional supply from China. A barrel of brent oil came on Tuesday afternoon above $ 75 a barrel.

Yemeni insurgents have fired two missiles at neighboring Saudi Arabia. Saudi state media reports that the projectiles have been intercepted above the port city of Jizan. The fragments would then have ended up in residential areas. The authorities do not yet have any indications that victims have fallen.

Dozens of people have been killed by air attacks in the northwest of Yemen. The victims visited a wedding, local sources say.

Over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, three major explosions have taken place on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses said that there were also smoke clouds.

A large fire destroyed several sheds in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida in which relief supplies were stored. According to eyewitnesses, the warehouses of the World Food Program, among other things, went up in flames.

The Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has replaced the army command. Ministers involved in the security policy have also been exchanged. The news channel al-Jazeera reported Tuesday that the changing of the guard has to do with the growing criticism of the bloody military intervention in neighboring Yemen.

Due to overdue payments of the contribution Surinam may temporarily no longer cast a vote in meetings of the United Nations (UN).

The war in Yemen is taking a new turn now that southern separatists have seized power in the historic port city of Aden.

This year, 2.9 billion euros is needed to provide life-saving humanitarian aid to 48 million children in need. It concerns children who are victims of conflicts, natural disasters and other emergency situations in 51 countries. That is what UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, says in a report.

The government of the torn Yemen has called on allies to come to the aid of the South Yemeni port city of Aden. Since the beginning of 2015, it has been the refuge of the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Rebels from the north of the country that are called Houthis, in 2014, with the help of the influential former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, conquered the capital Sanaa and expelled the government.

Dozens of refugees and migrants have drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen. Survivors said, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), that more than 150 Somalis and Ethiopians were on board the vessel, which sailed in the direction of Djibouti.

The Houthi rebels in Yemen have again fired a rocket on Saudi Arabia. The Saudis intercepted the projectile, an army spokesman said.

The Houthi rebels have brought down a Saudi warplane in Yemen. Both Saudi and Yemeni media reported Sunday that the plane was shot over the province of Saada, which borders Saudi Arabia.

The party of Ali Abdullah Saleh, former president of Yemen, has appointed a successor. On Sunday, the party announced that Sadeq Amin Abou Rass was following the party leader who had been killed last month. Abou Rass was formerly minister of agriculture.

Saudi Arabia once again said that it had intercepted a ballistic missile. The missile had been fired at the city of Najran by the Yemeni Houthi rebels, an army spokesman told news channel al-Arabiya. A television channel controlled by the Houthi \u0026 # x27; s reported that an army base was the target of the missile.

Air strikes on targets in Yemen by the coalition led by Saudi Arabia have killed at least 109 civilians in the last ten days. That is what the UN coordinator in the war-torn country declared on Thursday.

The Court of Appeal of San Francisco ruled Friday that the last entry ban of President Donald Trump should not apply to people who have a strong relationship with the United States.

In Yemen, one million people have become infected with cholera. According to the Red Cross, 2226 patients have so far died from the disease. The bacterial infection can spread quickly if there is a lack of clean drinking water and food. Also, almost three hundred cases of diphtheria have been detected, 34 with fatal consequences.

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May held telephone discussions on the Middle East peace process on Tuesday. The White House said that they have talked about measures that could lead to peace in the area.

Shiite Houthi rebels have shot a rocket from Yemen on the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Saudi air defense would have knocked down the projectile.

The Houthi rebels in Yemen accuse Saudi Arabia of killing eleven women on Saturday night who came from a wedding. Saudi aircraft carried out three attacks on a procession of visitors who had visited a wedding party in the Marib province.

Rebellious Houthi's have blown up the home of ex-president Saleh van Yemen (1990-2012) in the center of the capital Sanaa on Monday.