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04/03/2021

Dozens of migrants heading to Yemen thrown overboard, feared dead
International Organization for Migration says smugglers threw 80 overboard during voyage from Djibouti to Yemen.

IOM says five bodies have been recovered, and survivors are being treated in Djibouti [File: Thomas Lohnes/AFP]
4 Mar 2021
The International Organization for Migration has said that at least 20 migrants and refugees are dead after smugglers threw 80 people overboard during a voyage from Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen.

A statement says “smugglers started shouting there were too many on board” after the boat with 200 migrants, including children under 18 years old, set off on Wednesday.

05/03/2020

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200304-yemens-houthi-government-approves-plans-to-confront-saudi-coalition-in-south-east/

On Monday, the Houthi-affiliated Supreme Political Council (SPC) and the National Salvation Government (NSG) held a meeting to discuss plans to expand operations in the southern and eastern fronts in ...

06/02/2020

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/2/3/sudan-leader-burhan-meets-netanyahu-in-major-normalisation-step

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan flew to Uganda to meet Netanyahu in whats is...

04/02/2020

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200203-saudi-newspaper-calls-for-replacing-yemens-hadi-government/

A writer for the Saudi newspaper Okaz has called for an alternative government to replace the UN-backed government of exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi who is currently based in the Saudi...

31/01/2020

https://www.facebook.com/194146653930801/posts/3096653960346708/

BREAKING: Trump Imposes New Travel Ban On Nigeria, Five Other Countries

31/01/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/technology/lyft-layoffs-restructuring.html

The ride-hailing company has faced questions about whether it can make money.

31/01/2020

The US warning against traveling to China amid the spread is an overreaction to the 's declaration, which would hurt global tourism and its own economy.

The US warning against traveling to China due to the novel coronavirus spread is an overreaction, which would greatly hurt global tourism and hinder people-to-people exchanges, Chinese experts say.

31/01/2020

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2019/12/flu-activity-high-least-2100-deaths-season

Three more child flu deaths were reported, all from influenza B.

30/01/2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51300625

The three countries have finalised a trade deal that will replace the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.

30/01/2020

https://time.com/5773138/trump-israel-palestine-peace-plan/

29/01/2020

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0C7TtbHUiU

29/01/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/opinion/peace-middle-east.html

The president needs to demand a commitment so he doesn’t get played.