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.
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Prime Minister Ma'een Abdulmalik received Tuesday the Chairman of the Office of Coordinating Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen and discussed with him coordination between the government and OCHA for alleviating suffering humanitarian catastrophe caused by Houthi militia.
In the meeting attended by Minister of Local Authority, the Head of the Supreme Relief Committee Abdularaqeeb Fatah, mechanism for facilitating access of needy people to aid assistances across Yemen was also discussed.
Prime Minister stressed necessity of improving humanitarian activities in Yemen and transferring into another phase of providing sources of income and enabling societies to be productive, pointing out that this requires joint planning and uniting priorities.
He pointed out that the government made the priorities of economic recovering and finding work opportunities and production and is ready to work with the UN to include these priorities in the humanitarian response plan 2020.
The Head of OCHA acquainted Prime Minister with the organization's performance during 2019, praising government's cooperation and facilitations it provided to accomplish many of humanitarian projects.
He also praised government performance in keeping economy and exchange prices stable in addition to paying salaries of government's employees a matter helped in alleviating humanitarian crisis and banning more deterioration in difficult times the government faced since August.
He confirmed that the Response Humanitarian Plan 2020 is being made and there are wide discussions with different sectors in the government aiming at increasing international organizations' activities and representation in liberated provinces.