Yemen Gets Ownership of Artifacts, but Met Will Still Display Them
Ownership of the artifacts is being restored to Yemen, but given the civil war there Yemeni officials have asked the museum to safeguard them for now through a custodial agreement.
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V&A to look after ancient Yemen stones found in London shop
Museum agrees to care for stelae dating from second half of first millennium BC until it is safe to return themThe V&A is to look after four ancient carved funerary stones that were found by police in a shop in east London in a historic agreement w…
Australia’s rise in military export approvals to Saudi Arabia labelled ‘disturbing’
Permits for the export of equipment increased last year despite kingdom’s involvement in Yemen warAustralia significantly increased the number of permits for the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia last year despite calls for such sales to be …
U.S. Knew About Migrant Killings by Saudi Forces Earlier Than Previously Disclosed
The State Department says diplomats in Riyadh learned of the atrocities from research groups last summer, contradicting an earlier statement that the United States was not aware until December.
Germany says it ended training of Saudi border forces after abuses reported
Statement comes amid concern about allegations Saudi forces have killed hundreds of migrantsGermany ended a training programme for Saudi border forces, who have been implicated in the mass killing of migrants at the country’s border with Yemen, after i…
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants
The United States was told last year that Saudi security forces were shooting, shelling and abusing groups of migrants, but it chose not to raise the issue publicly.
Saudi Border Guards Kill Hundreds of African Migrants on Border, Report Says
A Human Rights Watch report says the guards regularly fire on African migrants trying to enter the kingdom from Yemen and killed hundreds in a 15-month period.
‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians
Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen borderSaudi border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians using small arms and explosive weapons in a targeted campaig…
Yemen: UN removes 1m barrels of oil from ageing tanker to avert environmental catastrophe
Tanker contained four times as much oil as was spilled in 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off AlaskaThe transfer of more than 1 million barrels of oil from an ageing tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, avoiding an environmental…
Tanker in Yemen Is Emptied of Oil, Averting Catastrophic Spill
More than a million barrels of oil on a tanker off the coast of Yemen were transferred to another ship bought by the United Nations. But now a new hurdle looms: Who owns the recovered oil?