Emergency In Yemen

Yemen's Houthis have struck again, with reports emerging of an oil tanker damaged and a US drone shot down amid escalating tensions over Israel's offensive in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.

Rebel fire on a residential district of Yemen's second city Aden killed more than 30 civilians on Wednesday, as the UN declared its highest level humanitarian emergency in the war-torn country.

Houthi forces fought battles street by street with local militia in the old centre of Aden on Wednesday, as the first boatloads of emergency medical aid arrived to the south Yemeni port city which aid workers say faces a humanitarian catastrophe.

Shiite militia in Yemen seized the airport in a key central city on Sunday as deteriorating security prompted Washington to evacuate personnel and the UN Security Council to call an emergency session.

A military plane crashed in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 10 people including the pilot, as it tried to make an emergency landing when an engine failed, Yemen's Defence Ministry and an airport source said.

Yemen's Houthis have struck again, with reports emerging of an oil tanker damaged and a US drone shot down amid escalating tensions over Israel's offensive in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.

Rebel fire on a residential district of Yemen's second city Aden killed more than 30 civilians on Wednesday, as the UN declared its highest level humanitarian emergency in the war-torn country.

Houthi forces fought battles street by street with local militia in the old centre of Aden on Wednesday, as the first boatloads of emergency medical aid arrived to the south Yemeni port city which aid workers say faces a humanitarian catastrophe.

Shiite militia in Yemen seized the airport in a key central city on Sunday as deteriorating security prompted Washington to evacuate personnel and the UN Security Council to call an emergency session.

A military plane crashed in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 10 people including the pilot, as it tried to make an emergency landing when an engine failed, Yemen's Defence Ministry and an airport source said.