Impoverished Yemen has remained wracked by violence since 2014.
The European Commission on Tuesday allocated an additional €90 million ($100 million) in humanitarian aid for civilians in Yemen as the country plunges into the world's worst hunger crisis.
"The new funding brings total EU humanitarian assistance in Yemen in 2018 to €118 million and will be channelled exclusively through humanitarian organizations," the commission said in a statement.
Christos Stylianides, commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, said some 8 million vulnerable people will benefit from EU's additional funding, that will be directed at covering -- among others -- nutritional, health, sanitation and protection needs.
Iran has been able to sell as much oil as it needs despite U.S. pressure, Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri was quoted as saying on Tuesday.The United States on Monday restored sanctions targeting Iran’s oil, banking and transport sectors and threatened more action to stop what Washington called its "outlaw" policies, steps Tehran called economic warfare and vowed to defy.The measures are part of a wider effort by U.S. President Donald Trump to curb Tehran’s missile and nuclear programmes and diminish the Islamic Republic’s influence in the Middle East, notably its support for proxies in Syria, Yemen and Lebanon.Oil markets are stable: Kuwait oil ministerTrump’s moves target Iran’s main source of revenue - its oil exports - as well as its financial sector, essentially making 50 Iranian banks and their subsidiaries off limits to foreign banks on pain of losing access to the U.S. financial system."The Americans constantly said they would reduce the sale of Iran’s oil to zero but I have to say that so far, we have been able to sell our required amounts of oil," the Tasnim news agency quoted Jahangiri as saying."The Americans, with the help of propaganda, don't see the realities."Turkish FM says dangerous to isolate IranJahangiri said he had spoken to a handful of managers from companies on the U.S. sanctions list and that some had already formulated plans on how to deal with the measures.Jahangiri also said officials should be open with the Iranian public about the difficulties that may lie ahead, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)."It is our duty to keep some of the worries to ourselves,” IRNA quoted Jahangiri as saying. "But there shouldn’t be an issue that is hidden from the people. This is the people’s right."US waiver allows China to buy 360,000 bpd of Iran oil for 180 daysTrump wary of sanctions effect on oil prices
Tehran able to sell as much oil as it needs despite US pressure: Iran's VP
"We are in a race against time to avoid a famine in Yemen. That is why the EU is stepping up its life-saving humanitarian assistance to the Yemeni people," Stylianides was quoted as saying in the statement.
Impoverished Yemen has remained wracked by violence since 2014, when Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa.
The conflict escalated in 2015 when Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Arab allies launched a devastating air campaign in Yemen aimed at rolling back Houthi gains.
The ongoing violence has destroyed much of Yemen’s infrastructure, including water and sanitation systems, prompting the UN to describe the situation as one of “the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times”.
Britain and Canada said Monday that establishing what happened to murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains an “urgent need”.In a phone call, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau discussed Saudi Arabia and the “appalling” murder of Khashoggi, agreeing there was an urgent need to establish what happened and for those responsible to be held to account, said a statement from Downing Street.Khashoggi, a Saudi national and columnist for The Washington Post, disappeared on Oct. 2 after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to receive paperwork he needed to get married.Once inside, he was immediately strangled and then dismembered, according to the Istanbul Prosecutor’s office.The British government’s statement said May and Trudeau also agreed that the international community should continue to press for a “thorough, credible and transparent investigation by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.After days of denying any knowledge of Khashoggi’s whereabouts, Saudi Arabian officials said he died in a “brawl” in the consulate but later admitted that he was killed there.May and Trudeau also discussed Yemen and agreed on the pressing need to alleviate the humanitarian situation and reach a political solution. “We supported the U.S. call for de-escalation in Yemen, noting that it must be underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties,” said May.The UK, France and Germany alongside numerous other countries have condemned the murder of Khashoggi.Saudis sent 'clean-up' team to Turkey after Khashoggi killing, official saysUS condemns Khashoggi killing, tells UN an investigation is essential‘Turkey looks for person who ordered Khashoggi killing’
UK, Canada say urgent need to resolve Khashoggi murder