Top U.N. officials urge U.S. to revoke blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis, warn of famine

January 14th, 20210 NEW YORK — On Thursday, three top United Nations officials all called on the United States to revoke its decision to designate Yemen’s Houthis a foreign terrorist organization, warning it would push the country into a large-scale famine and chill peace efforts. U.N. Yemen mediator Martin Griffiths, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock and...

Yemen death toll could hit 233,000 by 2020

May 31st, 20190 The death toll in Yemen could reach 233,000 by the year 2020 as part of what the United Nations calls “humanity's greatest preventable disaster”, a 60-page report has said. Sixty percent of the projected death toll could be children under the age of 5, according to the report, titled "Assessing the impact of war on development in...