Human Rights Abuses Abound As Death Toll Passes 3,000 In Ongoing Saudi Bombing Of Yemen

With the country’s infrastructure devastated by months of bombing, the United Nations warns that 1 million Yemeni are now displaced or homeless.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A Shiite rebel, known as a Houthi, holds up a fragment next to the rubble of a houses destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 3, 2015.

ADEN, Yemen --- A devastating, months-long Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen continues, with death tolls climbing sharply this week and aid groups warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in the devastated country. Airstrikes began in March, when the Houthi government took power in the country from elected President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, an

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Iranian General: ‘Restraint Not Limitless’ As Humanitarian Crisis In Yemen Worsens

Iran says it will not submit to Saudi or US threats over a cargo ship it says is carrying humanitarian aid.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
Dubbed Rescue, Iran's ship is set to carry a group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, Germany, and Iran, along with a shipment of humanitarian aid, from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province to Yemen. (Photo: IRNA)

Dubbed Rescue, Iran's ship is set to carry a group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, Germany, and Iran, along with a shipment of humanitarian aid, from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province to Yemen. (Photo: IRNA) As the first full day of a tenuous

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Humanitarian Crisis For Unaccompanied Minors Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border

Unable to house or care for the unaccompanied minors crossing the Texas-Mexico border, Texas authorities are sending them to other states — often without warning.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

The crush of extreme poverty and rampant crime in the Central American nations have forced many to seek out a better existence in the United States -- even if that existence is in government custody. A humanitarian crisis is unfolding on the Texas-Mexico border, where an increasing number of Central American children -- many travelling without a

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Syria Mired In Food Crisis As Civil War Rages On

Four million Syrian civilians, roughly one-fifth of the population, have been cut off from the food they need.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

With 100,000 fatalities, over 1.5 million refugees and no end in sight, the conflict in Syria has created an acute food crisis, according to the latest United Nations reports released Friday. Four million Syrian civilians, roughly one-fifth of the population, have been cut off from the food they need as aid agencies struggle to keep up with the

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