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News Articles: Yemen

"I get really emotional when I walk into these cafes and I see Yemen coffee becoming a thing," says coffee entrepreneur Mokhtar Alkhanshali.

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  • Arts & Life

Built on a rich coffee history, Yemeni cafes find U.S. success and new challenges, too

Yemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes. Hundreds of Yemeni coffee shops have opened in the U.S.

April 26, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a tariff announcement in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. A Defense Department inspector general has announced he will review Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss a military attack on Yemen.

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  • Politics

A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal

The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

April 03, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters on the White House driveway on March 31, 2025.

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  • Politics

White House says it's 'case closed' on the Signal group chat review

Last week, the White House said the National Security Council, the White House counsel office and President Trump adviser Elon Musk were all looking into the mishap. But now, that probe has wrapped

March 31, 2025
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  • Franco Ordoñez
A House lawmaker points to text messages by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a hearing on March 26. The hearing, held by the House Intelligence Committee, addressed Trump administration officials inadvertently including a journalist on a high-level Signal group chat in which plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen were discussed.

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  • National

Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard

The news of the leak of life-and-death operational details to a reporter lands differently with veterans and active-duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant "spillage" incidents.

March 27, 2025
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  • Quil Lawrence
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference with the Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations (ACANU) at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on December 10, 2024.

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  • News

WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli missile

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.

December 28, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Smoke rises from the area around Yemen's Sanaa International Airport following an airstrike on Thursday. The Israeli military reported targeting infrastructure used by the Houthis at the airport, as well as a number of ports and power stations.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen's capital. WHO chief says he was nearby

A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health Organization said the bombardment occurred as he prepared to board a flight.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
In this undated photo provided by the Etat Major des Armees on May 30, 2024, a view of the Laax, a Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels earlier this week, carrying cargo of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor, authorities said Thursday.

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  • World

U.S. and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

American and British fighter jets and U.S. ships hit a wide range of Houthi targets in Yemen in response to a recent surge in attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, U.S. officials said.

May 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Azzam, 12, hugs a sheep, the only source of his family's livelihood in rural Damascus on Feb 21, 2022. Azzam and his family have experienced firsthand the harrowing impact of the conflict. In 2015, when Azzam was five years old, a shell fell on the building where he was sitting with his family.

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  • News

Can a picture make you happy? We asked photographers and here's what they sent us

For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.

March 20, 2024
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  • Laurel Dalrymple
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

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  • Middle East

Yemen's rebels target Singapore-flagged ship as U.S. and allies down Houthi drones

An attack by Houthi rebels set off explosions ahead of a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel's war on Hamas.

March 09, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
This photograph shared by the Indian Navy on the X platform shows a firefighting team from Indian Navy vessel INS Kolkata responding to a fire on Liberian-flagged Merchant ship MSC Sky II caused due to a suspected drone/missile attack in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Houthi missile attack kills 3 crew members in rebels' first fatal assault on shipping

An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel. Four crew members were injured, officials said.

March 06, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen, outside Sanaa, on Jan. 22.

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  • News

China is mostly quiet on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

China's charting its own course, distancing itself from the U.S. in the Middle East, refusing to condemn the Houthis and looking to capitalize on ties with regional players to help solve the crisis.

February 23, 2024
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  • Jackie Northam
Houthi supporters attend a rally in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Yemen Houthi rebels fire a missile at a U.S. warship, escalating Mideast conflict

Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a United States warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden. Early Saturday, U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi anti-ship missile.

January 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 takes off to carry out air strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.

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  • Middle East

U.S. hits Iraq militia sites and anti-ship missiles in Yemen

The U.S. military struck facilities in Iraq and Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that are said to be involved in attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.

January 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024.

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  • Middle East

U.S. military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen

The strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit more than a dozen sites. They follow an announcement that the U.S. has put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists.

January 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Image taken from the bridge of HMS Diamond, seen here firing Sea Viper missiles in the Red Sea on Oct. 1. The HMS Diamond along with U.S. warships successfully repelled a large attack from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea.

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  • World

U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen

The airstrikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen follow more than two months of attacks by the Iran-backed militants against cargo ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

January 12, 2024
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  • Tom Bowman
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