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World Food Programme to resume food aid in Yemen's Sanaa

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it would resume the distribution of food to 850,000 people in Yemen’s capital Sanaa next week after a two-month stoppage, having reached an agreement the Iran-aligned Houthi authorities. The U.N. agency halted some aid in Sanaa on June 20 out...

Yemen: Houthi rebel leader's brother killed

Yemen's Houthi rebel group on Friday confirmed the death of the group leader’s brother. Ibrahim al-Houthi was "assassinated by the treacherous hands of the American-Israeli aggression," said the group's so-called Interior Ministry, referring to the Saudi-led Arab coalition. The group...

UNHCR says Tripoli fighting displaced over 105,000 Libyans

The U.N. refugee agency says fighting over Libya's capital of Tripoli has displaced more than 105,000 people since April, when a Libyan commander launched an offensive to take the city from the U.N.-backed government. The UNHCR tweeted on Friday that its relief aid could only reach about...

Brexit turmoil drives UK economy towards recession

Britain's economy unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter of the year on Brexit turmoil, official data showed Friday, placing the country on the verge of a recession. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.2 percent in the April-June period, the first time the economy has contracted in...