news.un (2020-06-02). Yemen: 'Hanging on by a thread', UN chief requests funding to meet staggering humanitarian crisis. news.un.org More than five years of conflict have left Yemenis "hanging on by a thread, their economy in tatters" and their institutions "facing near-collapse", the UN chief told a virtual pledging conference on Tuesday, calling for a demonstration of solidarity with some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable.

teleSUR (2020-06-02). Yemen: International Donors Raise Half of $2.4b Aid Target. telesurenglish.net International donors pledged Tuesday US$1.35 billion in humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Yemen, well below a US$2.41 billion fundraising target, according to the United Nations. | RELATED: | "A total of US$1.35bn in pledges has been announced from a wide range of donors to the humanitarian response in Yemen including to fight COVID-19," a U.N. spokeswoman told reporters. | The videoconference was organized by the U.N. and Saudi Arabia, a…

sputniknews (2020-06-04). UNESCO Chief Condemns Killing of Ruptly Journalist Al-Quaiti in Yemen. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay on Thursday condemned the killing of Ruptly stringer Nabil Hassan al-Quaiti in Yemen.

yenisafak (2020-06-05). Saudi Arabia reimposes curfew in Jeddah for two weeks. yenisafak.com Saudi Arabia has reimposed a curfew in the Red Sea city of Jeddah 3 p.m to 6 a.m for two weeks starting on Saturday due to the spread of the coronavirus, and suspended work in offices, state news agency SPA reported.SPA said prayers in the city's mosques had also been suspended.

_____ (2020-06-04). Our Disaster — The Horrific War On Yemen. popularresistance.org An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them orphaned, maimed, malnourished, or displaced. The United Nations reports a death toll of 100,000 people in that nation's ongoing war, with an additional 131,000 people dying from hunger, disease, and a lack of medical care. A report from Save the Children, issued in November 2018, estimated at least 85,000 children had died from extreme hunger since the war began in 2015. | Since then, 3.65 million people have been internally displaced and the worst cholera outbreak ever recorded has infected 2.26 million and cost nearly 4,000 l…