Tag: Yemen
25 dead in attack on mosque
Sanaa (AFP) – A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshipers at a mosque in Yemen’s rebel-held capital on Thursday killed at…
Death toll in Yemen mosque bombings rises to 20
Sanaa (AFP) – At least 20 people were killed and 50 wounded Wednesday when two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite…
US confirms death of al-Qaeda leader in Yemen
United States intelligence has confirmed the death of Nasir al-Wuhayshi, the founder of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the…
Ban Ki-Moon calls for Ramadan truce in Yemen
United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon, on Monday in Geneva, urged all warring sides in the Yemen conflict to silence their…
Saudi strikes on Yemen army HQ kills 44
Over 44 soldiers were killed on Sunday in a series of airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of…
Saudi Arabia executes 3 Yemenis for smuggling hashish
Saudi Arabian authorities on Wednesday executed three Yemeni citizens convicted of attempting to smuggle hashish into the kingdom. The Interior…
Jonathan to evacuate Nigerians in conflict-torn Yemen
The Federal Government is making arrangements to evacuate Nigerians from conflict-torn Yemen, the NAN reports. A source in the Ministry…
Two more Saudi soldiers killed on Yemen border
Two more Saudi soldiers have been killed on the border with Yemen, the interior ministry said on Friday. “Two soldiers…
Ban Ki-moon condemns ‘terrorist attacks’ at Yemen mosques
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Friday the “terrorist attacks” on Yemeni mosques that killed at least 142 worshippers. Friday’s…
Qaeda seizes south Yemen army camp, 7 dead
Al-Qaeda militants overran an army camp in southern Yemen Thursday following clashes that killed at least seven people, a local…
Yemen in turmoil as president resigns
Yemeni leader Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi offered to resign on Thursday amid a standoff with a powerful Shiite militia in control…
Yemen: Huthi rebels admit abducting chief of staff
Shiite militiamen in control of Yemen’s capital said they seized President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff Saturday, a claim…
Yemen’s chief of staff abducted by armed men
Gunmen on Saturday seized Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff, whose nomination as prime minister last year was…
‘Yemen Tie Not Good For Eagles’
As the home-based Super Eagles file out tomorrow to play Yemen in an international friendly game in Abu Dhabi, James…
Yemen troops kill Saudi-bound Qaeda suspects dressed as women
Yemeni troops Saturday shot dead five Al-Qaeda suspects disguised as women who fired at a soldier during a checkpoint inspection…
70 Ethiopian migrants drown off Yemeni coast
Seventy Ethiopian migrants were drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Yemen, local media and authorities said on…
US, S.African hostages killed in Yemen rescue bid
American journalist Luke Somers and a South African hostage were killed on Saturday during a failed attempt by US forces…
‘Qaeda’ attacks kill at least 10 Yemen police
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants, including a suicide bomber, killed at least 10 Yemeni police Wednesday in attacks on security forces in…
Two killed as Yemen rebels tighten grip on capital
Two Yemeni rebels were killed Saturday in clashes with troops loyal to President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi in the capital which…
Yemen clashes ground planes, close schools
Flights to the Yemeni capital were suspended for a second straight day Saturday as the toll mounted from clashes between…
Four Yemen soldiers, 10 Qaeda suspects die in barracks attack
A double overnight attack, one a suicide car bombing, by Al Qaeda suspects on a barracks in southeast Yemen killed…
Three Qaeda suspects die in clash with Yemen troops
Three Al-Qaeda suspects were killed in a clash with troops Wednesday in the southeastern Hadaramawt province, the scene of frequent…
British teacher kidnapped in Yemen is released
A British teacher kidnapped in Yemen earlier this year was released safely on Saturday following negotiations by the government in…
Qaeda kills eight Yemen military hospital staff
A suspected Al-Qaeda gunman opened fire on a minibus carrying staff members from a military hospital in Yemen’s main southern…
In Yemen, child marriage stirs death rumour and anger
It is not only in Nigeria that concern is growing about the practice of child marriage, it is also a…
Anger spreads against America over ‘anti-Islam’ film
SANAA (AFP) Demonstrators briefly stormed the US embassy compound in Yemen on Thursday while protesters pelted the Egypt mission with…
United States Foils Another Al-Qaeda ‘Underwear’ Plane Bomb Plot
The United States has foiled a plot by Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen to blow up a US-bound passenger jet with…
Alcohol: Al Qaeda lashes 4 Yemenis 80 times each
Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen have given four people 80 lashes each for drinking alcohol, in the presence of dozens of…
Global Terror: Potential Flashpoints In 2012 —Frank Gardner
With much of the Middle East in flux, suspicions intensifying over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a deepening political crisis in Pakistan,…