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Jordan's King Abdullah II, center, arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Egyptian, Jordanian and Iraqi leaders meet in Baghdad

Jun. 27, 2021 11:25 AM EDT

Officials: Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, some 200 missing

By Ahmed Al-Haj Jun. 14, 2021 11:13 AM EDT
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — U.N. and Yemeni officials said Monday a boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen a day earlier and some 200 migrants, mostly from the...

UN official: Conflicts make controlling COVID more difficult

By Edith M. Lederer May. 25, 2021 09:02 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Despite last year’s U.N. call for global cease-fires to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, many conflicts never stopped including in Syria,...

Yemen national soccer team coach dies from COVID-19

May. 16, 2021 09:16 AM EDT
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s soccer association said Sunday that the country's national team coach Sami al-Naash has died from COVID-19. The...

A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus holds a dinosaur shaped balloon walks at a public park in Beijing, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
The Latest: Fauci says pandemic highlights racism's impact

By The Associated Press May. 16, 2021 05:45 AM EDT

UN Security Council urges immediate cease-fire in Yemen

By Edith M. Lederer May. 12, 2021 09:26 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate halt to fighting in Yemen on Wednesday, saying that only a lasting cease-fire and...

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, a malnourished girl, Rahmah Watheeq, receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. In a grim update to the U.N. Security Council Thursday, April 15, 2021, Mark Lowcock, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting even worse with the COVID-19 pandemic “roaring back” in recent weeks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces a large-scale famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
UN says 155 million people faced severe hunger last year

By Edith M. Lederer May. 05, 2021 10:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wears a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as he attends the Saudi Cup award ceremony during the final race of the $20 million, the Saudi Cup, at King Abdul Aziz race track in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The crown prince laid out a vigorous defense of his domestic policies and the thinking behind his push to transform Saudi Arabia economically and socially during a wide-ranging interview broadcast across Saudi television channels late Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Saudi crown prince defends austerity steps, social loosening

By Aya Batrawy Apr. 27, 2021 08:32 PM EDT

President Joe Biden leads his recent predecessors in the number of executive orders issued in his first 100 days. (AP Graphic)
Biden's first 100 days: Where he stands on key promises

By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani And Kevin Vineys Apr. 26, 2021 12:35 AM EDT

Yemen launches coronavirus vaccination campaign

By Samy Magdy Apr. 20, 2021 04:04 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s internationally recognized government began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Tuesday as the U.N. warned the pandemic was “roaring back”...

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, a malnourished girl, Rahmah Watheeq, receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. In a grim update to the U.N. Security Council Thursday, April 15, 2021, Mark Lowcock, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting even worse with the COVID-19 pandemic “roaring back” in recent weeks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces a large-scale famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
UN warns COVID-19 is `roaring back' as Yemen faces famine

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 15, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

Saudi university catches fire near Yemen border in attack

Apr. 15, 2021 04:17 AM EDT
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi university near the country's border with Yemen caught fire early Thursday after the kingdom's air defenses intercepted a...

Death toll up to 42 after migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti

Apr. 13, 2021 03:52 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says the death toll has risen to 42 after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Horn of...

Aid group reports spike in COVID-19 patients in Yemen

Mar. 25, 2021 12:24 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — The international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Thursday it is witnessing “a dramatic influx” of critically ill COVID-19 patients in...

FILE - In this Mar. 7, 2021 file photo, smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes on an army base in Sanaa, Yemen. Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday, March 22, 2021, to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom's latest attempt to halt fighting that has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels

By Jon Gambrell And Isabel Debre Mar. 22, 2021 10:34 AM EDT

Biden meets UN Security Council, pledges global engagement

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 18, 2021 10:05 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden met virtually Thursday with the U.N. Security Council and reaffirmed his determination to restore America’s global...

Migrants demand international probe into deadly Yemen fire

By Samy Magdy Mar. 13, 2021 03:36 PM EST
CAIRO (AP) — A leader of the migrant community in the Yemeni capital on Saturday called for an international probe into a fire that tore through a detention...

In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UN appeals for $5.5 billion to avert famine for 34 million

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 11, 2021 11:55 AM EST

Migrant community: Fire at Yemen hangar on Sunday killed 44

By Ahmed Al-Haj And Samy Magdy Mar. 10, 2021 02:15 PM EST
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A fire that earlier this week tore through an overcrowded detention center for migrants in Yemen’s rebel-held capital has killed at least...

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2020 file photo, World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley speaks to journalists about the organization's Nobel Peace Prize win, at the airport in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. After a visit to Yemen Beasly warned that his underfunded organization may be forced seek hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations in a desperate bid to stave off widespread famine in the coming months. Beasley told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday March 10, 2021, that conditions in war-wrecked Yemen are “hell.” (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
'This is hell': UN food aid chief visits Yemen, fears famine

By Maggie Hyde Mar. 10, 2021 06:58 AM EST