Thousands of tonnes of aid meant for
Yemen is stranded in Djibouti.
Aid groups are working around the
clock to send much-needed supplies to
Yemen, frantically loading larger ships
to try to tackle the shortages once Saudi
Arabia comes through on its promise to
reopen some of the country's ports and
airports.
Saudi placed the current blockade on
Yemen a week ago, after Houthi rebels
fired a missile at Riyadh.
The severe shortages of food,
medicines, and vital vaccines mean that
Yemen is facing a large-scale
humanitarian disaster in which the UN
warns millions of people could die.
The UN is calling for a complete lifting
of the embargo measures in order to
avert what they are warning will be the
world's worst famine in decades.
Why are British Muslim marriages unprotected by law? FEATURE / ISLAM MUSLIM MARRIAGE IN THE UK 60 percent Muslim marriages religious-only, unregistered 28 percent do not realise Islamic ceremony not legally recognised 66 percent know union has no legal status 50 percent do not intend to have marriage legalised - Source: Channel 4 survey Aina Khan Aina Khan is a journalist focusing on race, faith and identity. She's reading a masters in religion in politics at SOAS. @ ainajkhan United Kingdom Islam Europe, Maureen, right, was not entitled to financial support after her husband Rashid - the father of her child - passed away [Courtesy: Maureen] London, England - When Maureen wed her husband Rashid in a Muslim ceremony in 1973 in Bradford, she knew that should the relationship fall apart, she would not be entitled to share his assets. Her marriage was sanctified in the eyes of God, but in the eyes of the state it was "unregistered", not legal, and so financial protection...
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