Daily Archives: October 28, 2020

2020-10-28: News Headlines

RT (2020-10-28). US embassy in Emirates issues new terrorism warning to American citizens. rt.com The US embassy in the United Arab Emirates has warned Americans to be "very careful" of terrorist attacks, after a flareup in tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemeni rebels led the embassy in Riyadh to issue a similar alert. | US citizens in the Emirates were

Staff (2020-10-28). Headlines for October 28, 2020. democracynow.org White House Credits Trump with "Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic" as U.S. Cases Hit Record Highs, As 54 Million U.S. Residents Struggle for Food, Senate Adjourns Without Passing Relief Bill, Family of Walter Wallace Jr. Demands Justice After Fatal Police Shooting, Grand Jurors Call Actions of Louisville Police Officers Who Killed Breonna Taylor "Criminal", Trump Mocks Media Coverage of Coronavirus Crisis, Trump on Counting Votes Beyond Election Day: "I Don't Believe That's by Our Laws", Muslims Denounce French President for Defending Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, Yemen's Humanitarian Workers Plead for Internationa…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-28). US Embassy in Riyadh warns of possible missile, drone attacks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia in a statement on Wednesday issued security advice to its citizens in Riyadh, fearing possible missile and drone strikes.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-10-28). One out of every four children in southern Yemen is malnourished, says UN report. peoplesdispatch.org According to the UN report, cases of acute malnutrition among children in war-ravaged Yemen are increasing at an alarming pace because of a severe shortage of food due to the war…

news.un (2020-10-27). Yemeni children suffer record rates of acute malnutrition, putting 'entire generation' at risk. news.un.org Yemeni children are suffering acute malnutrition at unprecedented rates as the world's worst humanitarian crisis grinds on and funding falls far short of what is needed to offset the effects of conflict and‚ÄØ economic collapse, UN agencies said in a statement on Tuesday.

Rayhan Uddin (2020-10-27). UK renewal of arms sales to Saudi Arabia to face another legal challenge. middleeasteye.net UK renewal of arms sales to Saudi Arabia to face another legal challenge | Campaign Against Arms Trade to launch judicial review after UK government claimed international law violations in Yemen were 'isolated incidents' | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 12: 08 | Schools are among several non-military sites which have been attacked by air strikes since the war in Yemen broke out in 2015 (AFP/File photo) | The UK go…

MEE correspondent (2020-10-27). Yemen currency war sees inflation spiral as Saudi-led fuel siege intensifies. middleeasteye.net Yemen currency war sees inflation spiral as Saudi-led fuel siege intensifies | As fighting has lessened in recent months, Yemenis say the economic war being waged is just as devastating | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 13: 03 | Old and new banknotes at a currency exchange in Aden (AFP) | While the violence of the war in Yemen generally captures the headlines, and has lessened in recent months, escal…

MEE and agencies (2020-10-27). Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN survey. middleeasteye.net Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN survey | Programmes keeping millions from starvation and disease are gradually closing amid an acute funding shortage | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 07: 54 | The UN said it needs $50m urgently to boost nutrition programmes (AFP) | Parts of Yemen are seeing their highest levels of acute malnutrition in children, heightening warnings that the c…

MEE and agencies (2020-10-27). Yemen: Houthi minister of youth 'assassinated' in Sanaa. middleeasteye.net Yemen: Houthi minister of youth 'assassinated' in Sanaa | The Houthis denounce the attack as 'a criminal act' by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 10: 38 | Yemeni politician Hassan Mohamed Zaid, 66, was killed in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday (Twitter) | Yemen's Houthi movement announced on Tuesday that Hassan Zaid, its minister of youth and sports affairs, was g…

Nadda Osman (2020-10-27). Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul begins new hunger strike. middleeasteye.net Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul begins new hunger strike | Jailed women's rights campaigner protesting against restrictions on contact with her family, her sisters say | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 11: 57 | Al-Hathloul's family have expressed concern for her as she starts a hunger strike for a second time (Reuters) | Jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has gone on hunger strike, her family…

MEE and agencies (2020-10-27). Saudi Arabia condemns conflation of 'Islam with terrorism' amid regional anti-France protests. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia condemns conflation of 'Islam with terrorism' amid regional anti-France protests | Riyadh did not comment on growing calls for a boycott of French goods in the Middle East after Paris had defended caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 10: 45 | Palestinians burn a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron in Gaza City during a protest on 27 October 2020 (Reu…

Al Carroll (2020-10-27). Trump's Body Count: Failed Brutal Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. indybay.org

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-27). Iranian envoy submits credentials to Yemeni Foreign Minister. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iran's new ambassador to Yemen submitted a copy of his credentials to the Foreign Minister of the Yemeni National Salvation Government.

Editor (2020-10-25). America Is Complicit in Yemen's Spiral Toward Mass Starvation. scheerpost.com Embed from Getty Images Mark Lowcock of the United Nations gave an impassioned and apocalyptic speech recently warning that 4 million Yemenis who had been receiving aid no longer are, because of a shortfall in donor contributions, and the country could be on the cusp of mass starvation. There already is widespread malnutrition in Yemen, fueled by the war and more recently by the economic downturn… |

Al Carroll (2020-10-25). Trump's Body Count: Could Be Over a Million. indybay.org The combined death toll from all of Trump's many crimes is not "just" the over 222,000 COVID deaths. It includes at least 40,000 Venezuelans, Syrian Christian and Yazidi refugees, Karen Christians, Rohingya, refugees from Latin America, Afghans, Iraqis, Somalis, Yemenis, and tens of thousands of Americans who died by Trump sabotaging their healthcare.