This Stealth Attack Boat May Be Too Innovative for the Pentagon
On the northern edge of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, past the security checkpoint and high-tech stations for refurbishing nuclear submarines, is a derelict warehouse that once doubled as a sawmill. Building 129’s corrugated metal exterior is rusted and overgrown with bursts of ivy. Broken ...
Donor pledges for Yemen increase to $8.2 billion
In its second report, released August 5th, the Executive Bureau for the Acceleration of Aid Absorption said there was a surge in foreign aid pledges to Yemen between September 2013 and May this year, an estimated total of $280 million. New pledges come ...
Yemen's Houthis expand presence in capital
Yemen's Houthi movement has further expanded its presence, and visibility, in the capital Sanaa following the passing of a deadline set by the group's leader for the reinstatement of a fuel subsidy and for the president to dissolve the country's coalition ...
A Constructive Cooperation Will Solve Yemen’s Crisis
Members of the Muhamasheen community in Yemen are among over 35,000 displaced following fighting in the city of Amran. Photo: IRIN/Majid Al-Kibsi 22 August 2014 – Amid escalating tensions and ongoing political instability in Yemen, the United Nations ...
UN envoy in Yemen calls for constructive cooperation, peaceful solution to crisis
22 August 2014 – Amid escalating tensions and ongoing political instability in Yemen, the United Nations envoy to the country today urged all the parties to move the political process forward by addressing the roots of the current turmoil through ...
Yemen Shiites stage Sanaa demonstration – Crisis talks held
SANAA: Tens of thousands of supporters of Shiite Zaidi rebels pressing the government to resign gathered yesterday in the north of Yemen’s capital as a presidential team held crisis talks in their stronghold. After the rally, a group of Zaidis started ...
