$33 Mln Pledged To Prevent catastrophic Oil Spill From Yemen Oil Tanker - UrduPoint

The United Nations has received $33 million in new pledges towards a $144 million operation to avoid an oil spill from a tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, which threatens a major environmental disaster.

Oil prices hit 7-year high on security jitters

 

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Yemen Officials: Heavy Flooding from Seasonal Rains Kills 13 - FARS

(FNA)- Floods swept through parts of Yemen amid heavy seasonal rains, leaving at least 13 people dead, including two children, security officials said Saturday.

Oman gears up as Cyclone Mekunu approaches

After Cyclone Mekunu left Yemeni governorate Socotra with 19 people missing, sunken ships and several damages to roads and houses, it is fast approaching its next target: Oman.

Oman, Yemen prepare for hurricane-strength Cyclone Mekunu

Cyclone Mekunu is intensifying to hurricane-level strength in the Arabian Sea and is expected to hit Oman and Yemen later this week, forecasters said Wednesday.

Cholera death toll rises to 1,500 in war-torn Yemen: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said here on Saturday that a cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 1,500 people since late April.

Hundreds of cholera cases reported in Yemen

At least 570 suspected cases of cholera have surfaced in war-torn Yemen in the past three weeks, sparking fears of a potential epidemic, Doctors Without Borders said today.

UN Warns of Greatest Crisis in Decades: More than 20 Million Facing Starvation

The world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the UN's humanitarian chief told the international body on Friday.

Panic as cyclone Megh hits Yemen week after deadly weather

Cyclone Megh, which formed in the Arabian Sea earlier in the week, has hit Yemen's Socotra Island as it travels west towards the mainland.

A new storm forms in the Arabian Sea

The clear-up operation is now underway in Yemen following the passage of tropical cyclone Chapala.

Powerful cyclone Chapala headed towards war-torn Yemen, warns UN

 A strong and rare tropical cyclone, named Chapala, is heading towards the southern coasts of Oman and Yemen and is expected to make landfall on the eastern provinces of Hadramout and Shabwa in war-torn Yemen early Tuesday, the United Nations warned today.

Rare tropical cyclone: Yemen, Oman expect eight years of rain in two days as Chapala forms in Arabian Sea

A rare intense tropical cyclone has formed in the Arabian Sea and is forecast to dump eight years of rain in about 48 hours on typically arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula.

Yémen : l'UNESCO condamne les destructions de bâtiments historiques à Sanaa

 UN, 12 juin 2015 – La Directrice générale de l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, a condamné vendredi le bombardement de la Vieille ville de la capitale yéménite, un site inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.

Oil Up on Yemen Fighting, Weak Dollar

Oil settled up about three percent on Wednesday as a weak dollar, fighting in Yemen and speculative buying boosted crude prices despite record-high US inventories.

Benchmark Brent oil for May delivery edged up 3.17 percent at $58.27 per barrel.