Sanaa (Yemen)
Yemeni protesters storm US embassy: Report
Yemeni protesters, angry over a film mocking Islam, on Thursday stormed the complex of the US embassy in Sanaa, defying efforts by riot police to hold them at bay, an AFP correspondent said.
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Al Qaeda suicide bomber attacks Yemen police academy
A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people outside a police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, dramatically exposing the government's vulnerability to al Qaeda-linked insurgents despite a U.S.-backed offensive against them.
Suicide bomber kills Yemen southern army commander: Medic
A suicide bomber killed on Monday a top Yemeni army general who was leading the fight against Al-Qaeda in the country's restive south, medical and military officials told agencies.
General Salem Ali
96 killed as Yemen soldier turns bomber: Medics
A Yemeni soldier packing powerful explosives under his uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa on Monday, killing 96 troops and wounding around 300, a military official and
Successor to Yemen's Saleh sworn in
Longtime Yemeni vice-president Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi took the oath of office as president on Saturday ahead of formal handover of power by veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Hadi pledged to 'preser
Yemen PM says government imminent, U.N. warns on civilians
Yemen's new prime minister said on Tuesday that an interim government intended to pull the country back from the brink of civil war would be formed in the next 48 hours.
The announcement came as forc
Two women, child among 9 killed in Yemen's Taez: Medic
Forces loyal to Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh shelled the country's second largest city Taez early on Friday, killing nine people, among them two women and a child, a medic and witnesses said.
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U.N. envoy to make new push for Yemen power transfer
A UN envoy returns to Yemen on Thursday in a fresh bid to persuade Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power under a Gulf-brokered peace plan, following reports the president is inching toward accepting t
Fierce clashes erupt in Yemeni capital
At least five people died in fierce clashes in Yemen's capital between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's troops and rival forces on Saturday, a day after the UN urged the embattled leader to hand over po
Yemen: US strike kills local al-Qaeda media chief
An American drone strike in southern Yemen has killed seven al-Qaeda-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent U.S.-born cleric slain in a si
