Yemen
Hundreds of thousands rally for South Yemen self-rule
World
January 13, 2013
Hundreds of thousands rally for South Yemen self-rule
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis supporting self-rule for the formerly independent south rallied in its former capital Aden on…
55 people drowned off Somali coast: UNHCR
World
December 20, 2012
55 people drowned off Somali coast: UNHCR
Fifty-five people were drowned, or missing and presumed to have drowned, after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast,…
Yemen says 17 soldiers killed in ambush
World
December 10, 2012
Yemen says 17 soldiers killed in ambush
Yemeni military planes on Monday struck at Al-Qaeda insurgents suspected of carrying out an ambush in which 17 army officers…
Yemeni minister calls on Al-Azhar to criminalize qat
Egypt
November 28, 2012
Yemeni minister calls on Al-Azhar to criminalize qat
Yemen’s minister of religious endowments on Wednesday called on Al-Azhar to issue a religious edict that bans using the narcotic…
Saudi interior ministry: ‘Al-Qaeda’ gunmen kill two soldiers
World
November 5, 2012
Saudi interior ministry: ‘Al-Qaeda’ gunmen kill two soldiers
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants shot dead two Saudi soldiers in a clash Monday as they attempted to cross into neighbouring Yemen,…
Yemen gas pipeline blown up again
World
October 31, 2012
Yemen gas pipeline blown up again
A gas pipeline feeding Yemen's only liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal was blown up again on Tuesday night, the…
Gunmen kill US embassy security chief in Yemen
World
October 11, 2012
Gunmen kill US embassy security chief in Yemen
Masked gunmen shot dead a Yemeni security chief on his way to work at the US Embassy in Sanaa on…
Hunger economics: Do rising food prices mean trouble ahead?
Business
September 20, 2012
Hunger economics: Do rising food prices mean trouble ahead?
Ali Mazen, a day laborer from Fayoum, barely makes enough in Cairo to buy food for his family back home.…
Yemeni protesters storm US Embassy in Sanaa, witnesses say
World
September 13, 2012
Yemeni protesters storm US Embassy in Sanaa, witnesses say
Hundreds of Yemeni demonstrators stormed the US Embassy in Sanaa on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous…
Yemen’s president replaces security chiefs after Sanaa attack
World
September 12, 2012
Yemen’s president replaces security chiefs after Sanaa attack
Yemen's president replaced security officials and some ministers late on Tuesday, state media reported, in an apparent move to reduce…