Food prices surge amid worsening crisis in Yemen
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-13
Food prices have significantly risen in conflict-ridden Yemen over the past few weeks, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has said."There has been another sharp increase in the price of food and other essential goods in Yemen," WFP Yemen said in a statement on Twitter Wednesday. "Prices are becoming increasingly inaccessible for millions."It attributed the food inflation to the devaluation of the local currency."The value of the Yemeni riyal has dropped 15 percent in the south and about 7 percent in the north in the last 5 weeks," it said. "This made life even harder for many families in Yemen, particula…
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UK, US, Turkey Asked to Prosecute UAE 'War Crimes' Suspects
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-12
A British law firm, Stoke White, has requested the United Kingdom, Turkey, and the United States use the principle of universal jurisdiction and open police inquiries in alleged war crimes committed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Yemen. | RELATED: | Children in War-Torn Yemen Suffer From Malnutrition | The complaints, which were submitted Wednesday to the Metropolitan Police in London, the U.S. Department of Justice, and Turkey's Ministry of Justice, were made on behalf of Yemeni j…
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US Regime Change in Venezuela: The Documented Evidence
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
Washington's motivation is the fact that according to OPEC, Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves on Earth
How The 1979 Revolution Reshaped Iran and Saudi Arabia
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
The Iranian revolution, which took place 41 years ago this week, was not the only seismic event to shake the Gulf and the Middle East that year. | In November 1979, Juhayman al-Otaibi, a former corporal in the Saudi National Guard,…
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Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians
news.un.org | 2020-02-10
Attacks on health facilities in Yemen's Marib province, East of the capital Sana'a, have left some 15,000 people