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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2018
U.S. touts new evidence of Iranian weaponry in Yemen and Afghanistan
The United States on Thursday displayed pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons deployed to militants in Yemen and Afghanistan, a tactic by President Donald Trump's administration to pressure Tehran to curb its regional activities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2018
U.S. Republican senators split with Trump over slain Saudi journalist
Several U.S. Republican senators on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with some lawmakers from his party saying Congress must take additional action.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2018
'It is what it is'
Other countries must closely study U.S. President Donald Trump's lesson on the role of values in diplomacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2018
Are you buying oil from Saudi Arabia?
To rein in the Saudi regime, the West must not only stop selling it arms, but also stop filling its coffers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 22, 2018
Over 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says
An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, an aid agency said on Wednesday, as the U.N. special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2018
Now the U.S. Congress can push Saudi Arabia on Yemen
Control of the House will enable Democratic lawmakers to exercise greater oversight of U.S. military involvement in the Saudi-led war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 20, 2018
Fierce fighting resumes in Yemen's Hodeida after Houthis say they're open to truce
Intense fighting broke out in Yemen's port city of Hodeida late on Monday, shattering a lull in violence that had raised hopes for a ceasefire between a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi insurgents as the United Nations tried to resume peace talks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 19, 2018
Yemen's Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi coalition after foes put brakes on offensive
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni allies, responding to a demand from the United Nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2018
U.S. ends refueling support for Saudi coalition aircraft in Yemen conflict
Saudi Arabia and the United States have agreed to end U.S. refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi insurgents in Yemen, ending a divisive aspect of U.S. support to a war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2018
Jim Mattis calls for transparent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing during talks with Saudi minister
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that he met Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and called for a transparent investigation into the killing earlier this month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2018
Airstrike kills at least 10 civilians in Yemen's Hodeida, medics and residents say
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an airstrike that hit a group of farmers in a vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeida province, medical workers and residents said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 4, 2018
Yemenis find solace in cinema after years of war in flick about their plight
Yemenis filed into a makeshift cinema for the first time since fighting broke out in their city of Aden more than three years ago — and watch some of their own story reflected back at them on the projector screen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2018
Some U.S. officials confident feared al-Qaida bomb maker killed but believe he taught cohorts
The United States is confident the top al-Qaida bomb maker, believed to be the mastermind behind a failed bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner in 2009, has been killed, two U.S. officials said even as others cautioned the evidence was not conclusive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 24, 2018
8.4 million in Yemen said close to famine after regime offensive against Houthi-held Hodeida port
Yemen is close to famine after a 25-percent increase in levels of severe hunger this year and an offensive on the main port city of Hodeida, a lifeline for millions, humanitarian organizations warned on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018
Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Aramco refinery in Riyadh with drone but operator lays fire to 'operational incident'
The Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said it had attacked a Saudi Aramco refinery in Riyadh on Wednesday using a drone, but the oil company said a limited fire at the plant was due to "an operational incident.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2018
Fighting nears center of Yemen's main port of Hodeida as Houthi missiles are intercepted over Riyadh
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missiles on the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, and reinforced Yemen's main port city of Hodeida as an Arab coalition moved closer to the city center in the largest offensive of the war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2018
Saudi-led coalition captures large part of Yemen's Hodeida airport as fighting rages with entrenched Houthis: UAE
Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen's main port Hodeida on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency and local residents said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2018
Arab forces seize entrances to airport in Yemen's main port city
Forces from an alliance of Arab states seized two entrances to the airport in Yemen's main port city on Friday, in an offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the United Nations fears could trigger a famine imperilling millions of lives.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2018
Civilians flee as Arab coalition bombards Houthi-held Yemen port of Hodeida
Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen's Hodeidah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the main port in the largest battle of a war that has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2018
46 Ethiopians drowned en route to Yemen and 16 missing after boat flipped: U.N.
Forty-six Ethiopians drowned early on Wednesday and 16 were missing after a smuggler's boat carrying at least 100 migrants capsized as it approached Yemen, the U.N. migration agency said in a statement.

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