The United Nations said on Thursday (March 9) that it has secured a large tanker to store some 1.1 million barrels of oil that will be transferred from a decaying vessel off Yemen's coast in a bid to avert an environmental disaster.

UN secures tanker to shift oil from decaying vessel off Yemen to avert disaster

In order to prevent oil spill disaster in the Red Sea, the United Nations has launched a crowd-funding campaign for an operation intended to prevent an ageing Yemeni oil tanker from unleashing a potential catastrophe.

United Nations launches crowd-funding campaign to prevent oil spill disaster

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UN secures tanker to shift oil from decaying vessel off Yemen to avert disaster

United Nations launches crowd-funding campaign to prevent oil spill disaster