Yemen

The Shiite militia that seized power in Sanaa said on Feb. 15 it will not cave in to "threats" after Yemen's Gulf neighbours urged the UN to act forcefully against its takeover.
      
"The Yemeni people won't cede power in the face of threats," spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said, quoted by the official Saba news agency, which the Shiite Huthi militia now controls.
      

A 23-year-old man from Yemen hung himself while in custody in Thessaloniki, it was revealed on Saturday.

Authorities said that the unnamed man used his T-shirt to hang himself in a cell at the northern city?s Aliens Bureau.

Police said that the man appeared to be suffering from mental problems and had been examined by a doctor, who recommended that he be given drugs.

Saudi Arabia has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff because of the worsening situation in the capital Sanaa, controlled by a Shiite militia, the foreign ministry said Feb. 13.
      

An influential Iranian general who has reportedly been near the front line against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was quoted Feb. 12 saying the jihadists are "nearing the end of their lives".
      

Bulgaria is situated right between Nepal and the Republic of Congo in the report on world press freedom, published in 2015. Meanwhile, Greece, Kosovo and Albania score slightly higher, but are in the same group of countries with moderately dependent press.

The report indicated a drop in the ranking of Bulgaria, currently on the 106th spot, from the 100th place it took in 2014.

The Turkish embassy in Yemen has decreased its staff to a minimal level due to the unpredictable security situation in the Arabian peninsula state, where a rebel group has seized control of the capital, a Turkish official told Hürriyet Daily News.

Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic State or other extremist groups, US intelligence officials said on Feb. 10.
      

The United States has shut its embassy in Yemen indefinitely and evacuated its staff after the Shiite Muslim militia that grabbed power in Sanaa warned against attempts to "destabilise" the country.
      

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will meet with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Tuesday, a day before an absolutely crucial Eurogroup extraordinary meeting,.

Following Tuesday's meeting, Kotzias travels to Paris and Moscow.

Turkey expressed its deep concern Feb. 7 over recent developments in Yemen where the Huthi militant group seized power in the volatile country and dissolved the parliament.

"We are deeply concerned with the seizure of government in Yemen by Houthi movement through the unilaterally formed 'revolutionary council'," a foreign ministry statement said.