2020-05-29: News Headlines

Sharmila Devi (2020-05-30). [World Report] Fears of "highly catastrophic" COVID-19 spread in Yemen. thelancet.com Yemen's health system has been devastated by years of conflict and COVID-19 deaths are reported to be surging in Aden. Sharmila Devi reports.

Charles Pierson (2020-05-29). Who are the "Wrong Hands" in Yemen? counterpunch.org Politics makes strange bedfellows. Some of them want to kill us. Take Abu Abbas (as Henny Youngman used to say: "Please."). Abu Abbas (a nom de guerre for one Adil Abduh Fari al-Dabhani) is the founder and leader of the Abu Abbas brigade, a militia fighting on the government side in Yemen. Abbas and his

_____ (2020-05-29). UN News — reports of the pandemic from around the world. truepublica.org.uk Mozambique school children face 'catastrophic' fall-out from COVID-19 School children in Mozambique are facing what a senior United Nations and World Bank official in the southern African country are calling "catastrophic outcomes" from the COVID-19 pandemic. By the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique, Myrta Kaulard, and Mark Lundell, World Bank Country Director. READ MORE >>> Yemen aid …

Eds. (2020-05-28). How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor? mronline.org The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington Post columnist than a quarter of a million Yemenis killed in a Western-backed war.

news.un (2020-05-28). Yemen: Humanitarians seeking $2.41 billion to keep aid flowing amid COVID-19 pandemic. news.un.org UN agencies and their global partners are seeking $2.41 billion to fight COVID-19 spread in Yemen while continuing to support millions affected by the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Israel Shahak (2020-05-28). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Kathy Kelly (2020-05-28). Screen Shot 2020-05-28 at 1.58.44 PM.png. progressive.org Why the United States bears responsibility for Yemen's humanitarian crisis.

Staff (2020-05-27). Headlines for May 27, 2020. democracynow.org Four Minneapolis Cops Fired After Shocking Video Shows Killing of George Floyd, Federal Food Program Fails to Reach Millions Even as Child Hunger Surges in U.S., NY Governor Cuomo Shielded Nursing Homes from Liability After Big Campaign Donation, GOP Governors Vie for Republican National Convention as NC Won't Commit to Packed Arena, Yemen's Health System Has "Collapsed" Amid Explosion of Coronavirus Cases, India Resumes Domestic Air Travel Even as COVID-19 Cases Surge, China Completing Plans to Test 11 Million Wuhan Residents for Coronavirus, South Korea Reports 40 New Coronavirus Infections, Highest Level in 7…

_____ (2020-05-29). Saudi Arabia, UN to host virtual Yemen donors conference next week. rt.com Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday it will host a virtual donors conference next week for Yemen, together with the United Nations. Yemen's government was ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Houthi movement in 2014, before a Saudi-led military coalition intervened in 2015 to try to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. | A directive from King Salman confirmed Tuesday's donor conference in Riyadh, where the UN aspires to raise $2.4 billion for the world's biggest aid operation, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. | Millions need aid in Yemen, and the nation risks being overwhelmed by the coronaviru…

_____ (2020-05-29). 3 years of 'isolation': Qatar denies rumors it plans to exit Gulf bloc. rt.com Qatar has denied that it plans to quit the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as Doha prepares to mark three years of isolation led by the regional bloc's heavyweight Saudi Arabia. The gas-rich state cautioned, however, that the effort to isolate Doha economically and politically meant people in the region were "doubting" the GCC. | Rumors of Qatar's imminent departure from the GCC, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Riyadh, have been swirling in Gulf capitals in recent weeks. Qatar's Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Al-Khater told AFP that "reports claiming that Qatar is considering leaving the GCC are wholly…