Yemen
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Yemeni rebels take control of southern city
World | Jun 03, 2015, 10:10 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies took control of a strategic city in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa Saturday, security officials and witnesses said, as Saudi-led coalition warplanes continue airstrikes across the
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Hope to bring back 39 abducted Indians from Iraq soon: Sushma Swaraj
National | Jun 01, 2015, 07:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that her "only regret" in her year in office has been the failure so far to bring back the 39 abducted Indians from Iraq, which
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Navy meet to review operational, admin issues begins tomorrow
India | May 24, 2015, 10:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: The top brass of Indian Navy will meet here tomorrow to review critical operational and administrative issues of the force.The first edition of the biannual Naval Commanders' Conference of the year comes in
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Chandy praises Modi's help in evacuating Keralites
National | May 19, 2015, 01:28 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Politically he doesn't agree with the prime minister but Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is happy that Narendra Modi helped evacuate Keralites from troubled spots in the Middle East.Asked to sum up one year
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India, Pakistan evacuated each other's nationals from Yemen: Modi
World | May 18, 2015, 12:37 PM ISTSeoul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that "manavta" or humanity was the basis of his government's foreign policy, which was also visible in the way India helped evacuate Pakistani nationals from Yemen and
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A war that did not end: Yemen returnees still battling odds, wish to return
India | May 18, 2015, 10:51 AM ISTThe war did not end for them, even though it's been almost a month since they came back to the home country. Those who have returned are still fighting!While earlier, in Yemen, it was for
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Yemen's Houthis agree to talks if Riyadh halts bombing
World | May 15, 2015, 12:41 PM ISTSanaa: Yemen's Shia Houthi group has agreed with the visiting UN envoy to resume UN-brokered talks as long as the Saudi-led air campaign is halted, government officials have said.According to an information ministry official, representatives
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Russia-called UN emergency meeting on Yemen ends without action
World | May 02, 2015, 01:14 PM ISTUnited Nations: An emergency meeting on Yemen by the UN Security Council ended today with the 15 members unable to agree on an immediate statement on the growing crisis.The ambassador from Russia, which called the
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Yemen violence kills 1,244, injures 5,044: WHO
World | May 02, 2015, 06:53 AM ISTGeneva: Just over a month of fighting in Yemen has left nearly 1,250 people dead, in a conflict affecting 7.5 million people, the World Health Organization said today. The UN health agency described a "deteriorating" humanitarian
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US praises India's role in helping quake-hit Nepal
India | Apr 28, 2015, 05:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: US today praised India's leadership role in helping earthquake-hit Nepal and persons of different nationalities stranded in war-ravaged Yemen.“India has demonstrated its global leadership in recent weeks, first in Yemen and now in
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Pakistan reiterates support to Saudi Arabia over Yemen
World | Apr 24, 2015, 02:44 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again assured the Saudi Arabian leadership of support in the prevailing crisis situation in Yemen, the foreign ministry said on Friday.Sharif, along with his Army Chief Gen.
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Airstrikes hit Yemen after Saudi Arabia declared an end to coalition
World | Apr 23, 2015, 08:12 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Hours after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its coalition's nearly monthlong air campaign in Yemen, new airstrikes Wednesday hit Iran-backed militants and their allies in two cities, and the rebels said they
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Saudi Arabia announces end of military campaign in Yemen
World | Apr 22, 2015, 07:08 AM ISTRiyadh: The Saudi Arabian defence ministry announced on Tuesday the end of the military campaign against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to media reports.The ministry stated that the airstrikes conducted as part of the
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'Operation Rahat' in Yemen ends, Indian Navy's ships return
India | Apr 19, 2015, 08:35 AM ISTMumbai/Kochi: INS Tarkash that participated in Operation Rahat, returned to a hero's welcome at Mumbai harbor here on Saturday, while two passenger ships with the last batch of Indians evacuated from Yemen reached Kochi, an
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Norwegian journalist arrested for spying in Yemen to return home
World | Apr 19, 2015, 07:29 AM ISTOslo: Norwegian journalist Raymond Lidal, who was arrested last month in Yemen on the charge of spying against the Houthi rebels, has been released and will return home on Sunday, Xinhua reported citing the Norwegian
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Evacuation of Bangladeshis from Yemen: Diplomat thanks India
India | Apr 18, 2015, 09:30 PM ISTKochi: With more than 300 Bangladesh nationals safely evacuated from war-torn Yemen and brought here on board two passenger ships on Saturday, a senior diplomat of the neighbouring country thanked India for the timely help.“We
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Saudi Arabia pledges $274 million for relief work in Yemen
World | Apr 18, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTRiyadh: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued an order to allocate an amount of $274 million for humanitarian relief work in war-torn Yemen through the UN, the Saudi Press Agency reported
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475 Yemen evacuees to arrive in Kochi on Saturday
India | Apr 17, 2015, 06:14 PM ISTKochi: A total of 475 people, including 73 Indians and 337 Bangladeshis, evacuated from strife-torn Yemen will arrive here on Saturday aboard two Indian ships, an official said on Friday.Besides, 65 Yemenis are aboard MV
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Yemen in flames, says Ban Ki-moon; calls for immediate ceasefire
World | Apr 17, 2015, 08:09 AM ISTWashington: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen to spur peace talks and get lifesaving aid into the impoverished Middle East nation.The UN chief addressed "the many fateful challenges"
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UN Security Council to vote on Yemen resolution
World | Apr 14, 2015, 10:50 AM ISTUnited Nations: U.N.diplomats say the Security Council will vote Tuesday on a draft U.N. resolution that would impose an arms embargo on leaders of Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels and their key supporters, ex-president Ali Abdullah