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Move marks major step in preventing disastrous spill or explosion in key shipping lane after years of frantic warnings from governments and environmental groups

ADEN, Yemen, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The UN emergency team on Tuesday started to transfer crude oil from a decaying Safer tanker moored off Yemen's western coast as part of an urgent mission to avert a potential environmental catastrophe of massive oil spill.

After years of negotiations and planning, the United Nations with its contractor Boskalis’ SMIT Salvage announced that the oil transfer from the derel...

The UN on Tuesday began siphoning one million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen, a crucial step in the race against time to prevent a potential environmental disaster. The supertanker, the FSO Safer, became a symbol ...

Rusting Safer tanker could spill four times as much oil as 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska, potentially costing up to $20bn to clean

Disputes are also expected over ownership of the oil and the Nautica, pitting the Huthis against the Aden-based government.

The top UN humanitarian official in Yemen on Saturday called for justice in the wake of the recent attack against World Food Programme (WFP) staff that left one person dead and another injured.

Yemeni authorities have arrested two suspects yesterday in connection to the murder of a senior UN World Food Program (WFP) official the day before in the southwestern province of Taiz. According t...

The top UN humanitarian official in Yemen on Saturday called for justice in the wake of the recent attack against World Food Programme (WFP) staff that left one person dead and another injured.  |

A specter of environmental disaster looms in the Red Sea, where an aging supertanker, laden with over a million barrels of crude oil, sits neglected off the coast of Yemen. Click to read more...