WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus narrowly escaped an Israeli airstrike on Yemen's Sanaa Airport, recounting the chaos, casualties, and fear during his mission to address Yemen's humanitarian crisis.

The WHO Director-General said the explosions that rocked the building were so deafening that his ears were still ringing more than a day later.

Israeli fighter jets launched a series of missile strikes on Yemen Thursday, including several that hit Sanaa International Airport near where World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was preparing to board a flight.

The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment.

Israel carried out attacks on targets in Yemen on Thursday, including an airport where the head of the World Health Organization was at the time of the deadly strike on the facility. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY.

A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalatory turn” in recent weeks.

The Houthis fired a missile toward Tel Aviv before dawn Dec 27 and another around 2am on Dec 28. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter died on 29 December, 2024, after a long, respected career advocating for peace around the world. Diplomatic Courier is republishing a 2016 interview with Carter, where he spoke about his views on peace.

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days. "Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,

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The leader of the World Health Organization, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said he narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Yemen’s Huthi rebel-held capital. Speaking to BBC radio,