Tag: Yemen
At least 16 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen
At least sixteen suspected Al Qaeda operatives have been killed in Yemen in ongoing battles between the army and militants for control of the...
Int’l Committee of Red Cross aide abducted in Yemen
Armed men kidnapped a French official of the International Committee of the Red Cross as he was travelling from north Yemen to the Red...
‘US drone strike’ kills 5 Qaeda militants in Yemen
A suspected US drone strike in Yemen's southeastern Shabwa province has killed five Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants, a local government official said on Tuesday.
Speaking on condition...
‘222 dead’ in Qaeda battle for Yemen’s Loder
At least 222 people, including 183 militants, have been killed in five days of clashes around the strategic southern town of Loder that Al-Qaeda...
Fired general’s troops force Yemen airport shutdown
The airport in Yemen’s capital was shut down on Saturday after forces loyal to a sacked general close to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh...
Yemeni forces ‘kill 38 Qaeda suspects’
Yemen's armed forces killed 38 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in two days of air raids and shelling of their hideouts in the country's south,...
Qaeda gunmen kill 7 police in Yemen
Al-Qaeda militants killed seven policemen Sunday in an attack on a checkpoint in Yemen's southeast, a security official said, a day after clashes between...
Yemen urges Pakistan to free Osama bin Laden’s widow
Yemen urged Pakistan on Tuesday to free one of Osama bin Laden’s injured widows, saying Yemen-born Amal Al-Sadeh and her four children were not...
Yemen urges Pakistan to free Laden’s Widow
Yemen urged Pakistan on Tuesday to free one of Osama bin Laden's injured widows, saying Yemen-born Amal Al-Sadeh and her four children were not...
Heavy shelling kills 16 al Qaeda fighters in Yemen
Missiles fired from the sea slammed into Al-Qaeda positions in the southern Yemeni city of Zinjibar on Sunday killing at least 16 suspected militants,...
US man killed in Yemen, Qaeda claims responsibility
Assailants riding a motorbike on Sunday gunned down an American teacher in Yemen’s second city of Taez, an official said, with an Al-Qaeda-linked group...
Yemen army toll from Qaeda assault rises to 78
A surprise attack by Al-Qaeda extremists on troops in Yemen's restive south has killed at least 78 soldiers and 25 militants, medics and military...
Yemen’s Hadi takes oath, replaces Saleh as president
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi took the constitutional oath to become Yemen's new president on Saturday, formally removing Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after a year...
Yemenis vote as Saleh’s 33-year rule comes to end
Yemenis voted in large numbers on Tuesday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule came to an end in a poll marred by...
Saleh urges Yemenis to vote for his successor
Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh urged Yemenis to vote for his successor Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi in Tuesday's referendum-like elections to ensure a "peaceful" transition...
Yemen election to mark end of Saleh’s 33-year-rule
President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year-rule finally comes to an end this week when his deputy takes over in a referendum-like poll, marking Yemen as...
The world according to the US
A superpower is as a superpower does
It was not just semantics last week when I said America ‘rules’ rather than ‘runs’ Pakistan. The pun...
