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The United Nations is seeking $144 million needed to fund the salvage operation of a decaying tanker full of oil moored off the coast of Yemen…

The State of Qatar announced a $2m contribution to address the threat posed by the floating oil tanker Safer off the Yemeni coast. This came in Q...

The FSO Safer tanker in Yemen is carrying more than a million barrels of oil — and it's damaged beyond repair. We hear about the risk of a disaster and the plans to avert it, with Ala Mustafa, the global ambassador for Youth4Nature; and David Gressly, the UN resident and humanitarian co-ordinator for Yemen.

The State of Qatar announced a $2 million contribution to address the threat posed by the floating oil tanker Safer off the Yemeni coast. This ca...

A United Nations' pledging conference has raised $33 million, far short of funds needed for a salvage operation of a decaying tanker full of oil moored off the coast of Yemen.

The funding is needed to drain a stranded oil tanker off the coast of Yemen. The UN has warned the vessel could spill four times more oil than the Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska in 1989.

Donors on Wednesday pledged $33 million toward a UN-coordinated plan to prevent an aging oil tanker moored off the west coast of Yemen from sparking a potential ecological and humanitarian disaster.

The United Nations was seeking $144 million on Wednesday needed to fund the salvage operation of a decaying tanker full of oil moored off the coast of

Donor countries on Wednesday pledged more than $30 million to help prevent an aging oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic oil spill off the coast of Yemen, organizers said.

Qatar announced a $2mn contribution to address the threat posed by the floating oil tanker 'Safer' off the Yemeni coast.