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| Nov.8 |
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Yemen: UN official warns of world's biggest famine Yemen faces the world's largest famine in decades 'with millions of victims' if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned | |
| Aug.9 |
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Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smugglers in Yemen  At least 29 teenage migrants were drowned among 120 people who were deliberately pushed from a boat into the sea | |
| Mar.10 |
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UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid 'a catastrophe'
| Jan.26 |
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UN officials: Yemen could face famine if no immediate action The escalating conflict has left two-thirds of the population in need of humanitarian aid and the country could face famine this year
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| Nov.2 |
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Cyclone Chapala bears down on mainland Yemen A rare tropical cyclone is bearing down on the Yemeni mainland bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and powerful waves
| Nov.1 |
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Yemen's Socotra Island hit by rare cyclone Yemeni security officials say a rare and rapidly intensifying cyclone has killed one person and injured nine on the remote Socotra island
| Aug.19 |
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Yemen on brink of famine, says UN official Months of conflict in Yemen has pushed the country to the brink of famine, according to a head of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP)
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| Dec.7 |
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African migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, 70 dead Map of Red Sea Yemen Most of the migrants were from Ethiopia, and the small boat sank Sunday due to high winds and waves in the Red Sea
| Mar.9 |
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Migrants die in Yemen boat sinking Forty-two African migrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to officials
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| Aug.17 |
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Lightning, flash floods kill 50 in Yemen 27 died when a torrent washed away a wedding convoy. Nine others, including a soldier, were struck by lightning and died
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| Mar.28 |
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Ammo factory blast kills at least 121 Map of Abyan Yemen At least 121 people were killed and 45 injured in an explosion at an ammunition factory in southern Yemen
| Jan.3 |
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80 African migrants feared drowned One boat with 45 migrants capsized in the Red Sea. Between 35 and 40 migrants were on the 2nd boat that capsized off the coast of Lahj province
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| Aug.28 |
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Crash flight recorder found Comoros: Search teams have found the flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed off the islands in June, killing 152 people
| Jul.5 |
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Flight recorders located from Yemen crash Comoros: Investigators have heard two acoustic transmitters from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia Airways plane
| Jul.4 |
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Airline cancels route after Comoros crash Yemenia Airways is canceling all its flights between Yemen and the Comoros Islands after the crash on the same route
| Jul.1 |
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France reverses 'black box' claim A government minister has reversed earlier claims that a 'black box' recorder from a plane that crashed in the ocean has been found
| Jun.30 |
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Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash Comoros: A massive rescue effort was under way after a young child was found among the wreckage of a downed Yemeni jet off the coast of Comoros | |
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France 'banned Yemen crash plane' Paris: France's transport minister: A airline which crashed into the Indian Ocean was banned from France because of 'irregularities'
| Jun.29 |
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Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard Comoros: A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros
The Airbus 310 was operated by the state carrier Yemenia Air, and flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa
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| Oct.25 |
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Flooding kills 58 people Severe flooding in Yemen kills 58 people and displaces 20,000 more
| Sep.28 |
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52 Somalis die in smuggling attempt
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| Sep.30 |
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'Catastrophic' volcano eruption off Yemen A volcano erupted on a small island Jazirt Atta-Ir off the coast of Yemen, belching soot and lava into the air. A NATO fleet witnessed the eruption
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| Sep.12 |
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At least 51 killed in stampede
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| Dec.31 |
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Landslide toll climbs to 56 Rescue workers were still hearing signs of life from houses buried under rocks and earth
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| Feb.22 |
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Military helicopter crash kills 8
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| Oct.6 |
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French tanker explodes A blazing tanker is spewing crude oil into the sea after an explosion, blamed by French officials on a terrorist attack | |
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