Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammar al-Eryani strongly condemned the horrific crime committed by the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia, which resulted in the death of five children and injury to others in the al-Arsoom area of the al-Hashmah region in the al-Taziah district, northeast of Taiz Governorate over the explosion of a locally-made explosive device.
The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 55,297, with 128,426 injured, the Ministry of Health in afflicted Palestinian enclave said. The majority of the victims are women and children.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to increase tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, which will increase pressure on steel producers worldwide and threaten to escalate his trade war.
Saudi Al-Hilal FC has been eliminated from the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Fluminense FC from Brazil in the quarterfinals. The match was held at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.
Yemen, UNDP discuss projects of supporting local authority's capacity-building
[31/12/2018 05:05]
ADEN-SABA
Minister of Local Administration, the Head of the Supreme Relief Committee Abdulraqeeb Fatah discussed with the Representative of the United Nations Development Program Walid Ba-Haron on Monday programs and projects carried out by the program in different provinces.
Fatah discussed the project, which will be carried out by the program for supporting capacity-buildings of local authorities within goals of supporting Yemen's development. The project costs USD 25 million.
He pointed out that the ministry gives special care for supporting local authorities and boosting their roles for managing administrative affairs in the country and provide services to the people.
He praised projects and programs implemented by the UNDP and their significance on deep-rooting stability in the provinces.
For his part, Ba-Haron made it clear that the program seeks to draw policies via coordination with ministry of local administration and concerned bodies for implementing projects supporting development and training local authorities' leadership.