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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Yemen

4 August 2025: 65 migrants dead after boat sinks near Yemen & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major global news events.

At least 68 dead after smuggling boat carrying migrants capsizes off Yemen’s coast

Aden: The death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off Yemen's coast has risen to 68, with 74 others still missing, local officials have...

Houthis say they hold 10 crew from Greek-operated ship they sank off Yemen

The Liberia-flagged Eternity C was the second ship to sink off Yemen this month after repeated attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants with sea drones and rocket-propelled grenades.

Israeli military says it intercepted missile fired by Houthis at Ben Gurion Airport

A ballistic missile launched from Yemen was intercepted after air raid sirens were sounded across Israel, according to the military.

Why bringing back Nimisha Priya, Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen, is a diplomatic rigmarole

New Delhi: The complexities of Yemen—a fractured nation, in the midst of a civil war for over a decade, with rival regional powers jockeying...

Negotiations for Kerala nurse: SC allows Nimisha council to approach Centre for Yemen travel

Council proposes a six-member team comprising two each representing the Action Council, Sunni cleric Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar and the central government.

Setback for efforts to save Nimisha Priya from execution in Yemen as victim’s family refuses pardon

A person convicted of murder in Yemen can be spared execution if all legal heirs of the victim agree to grant pardon, usually in exchange for blood money, according to Sharia law.

Day before her execution, a ray of hope for Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen

Priya was scheduled to be executed Wednesday. Postponement gives Save Nimisha Priya campaign time to negotiate ‘blood money’ & mount renewed efforts.

Execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen postponed after govt intervenes

Yemeni officials say postponement gives Priya’s family more time to negotiate a ‘mutually agreeable solution’. They add that GOI has made ‘concerted efforts’ to secure the delay.

Greek ship sinks off Yemen after Houthi attack, rescue operation underway

Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C sunk after a Houthi attack off Yemen. At least 5 crew members have been rescued.

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