Defeat for western states as Bahrain, Russia and other nations push through vote to shut down investigationsBahrain, Russia and other members of the UN human rights council have pushed through a vote to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in…
New UN envoy to Yemen urged to broaden talks to end civil war
Hans Grundberg must recognise more than two factions involved in conflict, says pro-independence groupThe new UN special envoy to Yemen has been urged to broaden negotiations to end the country’s seven-year civil war and include the pro-independence S…
A catastrophe
The Ship that Became a Bomb Stranded in Yemen’s war zone, a decaying supertanker has more than a million barrels of oil aboard. If—or when—it explodes or sinks, thousands may die. SL NewYorker. So much more to this story than “just” a leaking oil tanke…
16 million in Yemen ‘marching towards starvation’ as food rations run low – UN
Aid worker describes ‘horrific’ scenes in one hospital where starving and malnourished children ‘look like skeletons’At least 5 million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine and a further 16 million are “marching toward starvation”, as the country…
Saudi forces intercept ballistic missiles and drones fired from Yemen
The attack comes days after a drone strike on an airport in Saudi Arabia’s south left eight people woundedSaudi Arabia has intercepted three ballistic missiles fired from neighbouring Yemen targeting the oil-rich Eastern province, as well as the cities…
‘The US should be held accountable’: Guantánamo survivor on the war on terror’s failure
After 20 years during which he was routinely tortured, Mansoor Adayfi, who now lives in Serbia, asks: ‘What if that had been American boys?’When a shackled Mansoor Adayfi was lumped on to a heap of shivering, naked bodies in the pitch black, a hood ove…
The Wild Fox of Yemen by Threa Almontaser review – darting between two worlds
The Yemeni American poet’s debut collection is a dazzling exploration of a life caught between different culturesWho is the wild fox of Yemen? I busied myself with a form of foxhunting as I read on through Threa Almontaser’s extraordinary debut collect…
Middle East problems stem from western and US interference | Letters
Readers critique the west’s actions in the region in response to an editorial on Arab democraciesYour editorial (29 July) is right that benevolent dictatorship is not the answer to the problems in the Middle East, but it is overly benevolent to Joe Bid…