The pilgrims, after new order, could not touch Baitullah and would be short in numbers to perform Umra to keep each other save from the virus.

The Yemeni government forces have taken control over positions of the Houthi rebel movement in the northwestern Saada province, which borders Saudi Arabia, media reported

US crude oil on Monday broke below $20 a barrel for the first time 18 years before settling down nearly 7 percent on the day as demand destruction from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continued to rip through energy markets

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths expressed concern over the recent escalation on the ground in Yemen stressing that all parties to the conflict need to concentrate on averting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from spreading, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Monday

Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have each registered new coronavirus cases, among them foreign residents, the countries' respective health authorities said on Monday

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the twin ballistic missile strikes launched by the terrorist Houthi militia rebels on Saudi capital Riyadh and Jazan city

The German Foreign Office criticized Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday for attacking Saudi Arabia at a time when the coronavirus outbreak required the warring parties to work together