Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, performed the Eid al-Adha prayer alongside senior state leaders and crowds of worshippers in the temporary capital, Aden.
GAZA-SABA The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 54,381, with 124,054 injured, according to medical sources.
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.
RIYADH-SABA
A virtual pledging conference for Yemen has opened in the Saudi capital Riyadh as organized by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership with the United Nations.
The conference is meant to raise $2.4 billion to alleviate the Yemeni humanitarian crisis resulting from six years of Houthi insurgency and compounded lately by the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.
Organized upon the directives of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the event is involving 126 donor countries and organizations from around the world.
The U.N. says 80% of Yemeni civilians need food aid or face starvation.