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ALBAWABA- Today, the United Nations officially handed over the vessel "Nautica," which replaces the Safer tanker, signifying a significant step towards

The United Nations is marking another key step in its efforts to remove the estimated one million barrels of oil from the FSO Safer off Yemen. The UN...

A UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on Sunday for a risky operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker and prevent a catastrophic spill.

A UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on Sunday for a risky operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker and prevent a catastrophic spill.

The Nautica entered Yemeni waters on Sunday and was expected to moor soon alongside the FSO Safer, a rusting supertanker in the Red Sea. Despite stringent safety checks, concerns remain about a spill or an explosion.

Cairo, July 15 (EFE).- The transfer of nearly one million barrels of oil from FSO Safer supertanker, stranded off Yemen’s Red Sea coast since 1988, will begin “next week,” the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator David Gressly said on Saturday. Gressly said the replacement vessel Nautica has sailed from Djibouti en route to the Safer site “to …

The Iran-Saudi deal likely paved the way for this, Iran has backed the Houthis in Yemen and they prevented access until now.

A U.N. envoy says sporadic armed clashes between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and government forces are straining peace efforts, and the rivals are now also battling over revenue from ports, trade,

New York: Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a senior United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council on Monday.

A U.N. envoy says sporadic armed clashes between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and government forces are straining peace efforts, and the rivals are now also battling over revenue from ports, trade, banking and natural resources