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Yemen govt to pay civil servants in rebel-held Hodeida

The United Nations Friday welcomed a decision by Yemen's government to pay the salaries of civil servants in the rebel-held city of Hodeida starting this month. For more than two years, the government has been unable to pay salaries and the riyal dropped sharply against the dollar,...

Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron demanded Friday that Russia release Ukrainian sailors it captured along with their ships last month in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea with the Azov Sea. Moscow accused the 24 sailors of illegally crossing...

North Korea ‘Singapore shops’ reveal familiar sanction gaps

Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang’s ‘Singapore shops,’ which sell everything from Ukrainian vodka to brand-name knock-offs from China. The stores stock many of the very things United Nations’ sanctions...