Sanaa, Feb 20: Gunmen attacked two polling stations and killed one soldier in Yemen's restive south Monday, one day before the country is to go to the polls to rubber stamp its vice president as
Sanaa, Jan 23 : Yemen's veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will head to the United States for medical treatment as he asked his people for forgiveness in a farewell speech delivered as he
Sanaa, Jan 16: Al-Qaida militants seized full control of a town south of the Yemeni capital on Monday, overrunning army positions, storming the local prison and freeing its inmates, security officials said.The capture of Radda
Sanaa, Jan 2: Yemen's opposition on Sunday accused outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of trying to torpedo a power transfer deal by sparking a new crisis, as troops loyal to him clashed with opposition forces,
Sanaa, Dec 25 : Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is set to stand down in February, told reporters on Saturday he is planning a stay in the United States in the coming days.“I
Sanaa, Dec 10: Yemen's national unity government, led by the opposition, was sworn in today in the presence of Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, an official statement said.The statement, carried by the official Saba news
Sanaa, Nov 27 : Yemen is to hold a snap presidential election on February 21 in line with an accord which led to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's resignation after three decades in power, his deputy
Sanaa, Nov 25: Fierce clashes broke out between rival security forces in the Yemeni capital today, two days after President Ali Abdullah Saleh inked a power transfer deal which sponsors had hoped would end the
Riyadh, Nov 24: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday signed a deal to hand over his powers after 33 years in office, ending months of delay that had seen protests that erupted in January
Sanaa, Oct 26: At least 19 Yemeni civilians, government troops and dissident soldiers were killed in continuing violence in the wake of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's most recent pledge to resign, medics said today. The
Sanaa, Oct 24: Seven people were killed in violence across Yemen today as President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he welcomed the UN resolution urging him to quit but failed to say if he will comply
Boston, Oct 23: Prosecutors portray Tarek Mehanna as a terrorist in the making, a man who tried to help al-Qaida by promoting violent jihad online and traveling to Yemen to seek training in a terrorist
Aden, Oct 15 : Apparent US air strikes killed seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, one of them the media chief of the jihadist network's regional affiliate, a local official said today.The Yemeni defence
Los Angeles, Oct 8: America's remote controlled kill machines, the Predator and Reaper drones which fly hunt missions over Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, have been hit by a computer virus and network specialist can't seem
Islamabad, Oct 8: Pakistan has contacted governments of Saudi Arabia and Yemen for the repatriation of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's three wives and their children, according to media reports.The development came after a
Oslo, Oct 7: The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to three women - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women's
Sanaa, Yemen, Oct 2 : Al-Qaida's branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three of its key figures. Its military leadership remains intact and
Sanaa, Yemen, Sept 30: The heavy black beard spoke of Islamic piety, the fashionable wire-rim glasses of Western style.Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born, a gifted Muslim preacher and savvy Internet operator, became a powerful al-Qaida tool for
Sanaa, Sept 24: At least 40 people, among them dissident soldiers, were killed in violence that rocked Yemen's capital today, an activist from the protest organising committee told AFP.“More than 40 people were killed on
Sanaa, Yemen, Sept 21: The grim prospect of civil war in Yemen has drawn closer as mutinous soldiers have become more deeply involved in a rapidly spreading battle against regime forces for control of the
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