Troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed at least five anti-government protesters early Saturday, hours after their leader called for peace following his surprise return to the count

President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned Friday to the Yemeni capital after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that could further enflame violence between forc

Street battles raged on Thursday between rival troops as well as between warring tribesmen, as violence which has already killed dozens spread across Yemen's capital, raising the spectre of civil war.

Fighters loyal to tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, who heads a coalition backing anti-regime protests, clashed with army troops in the Yemeni capital on Friday, witnesses said.

Loud explosions and

At least 40 militants linked to al Qaida have been killed in two days of airstrikes and clashes with government forces, Yemen's state news agency said on Wednesday.

The report by the SABA news agenc

Yemen's opposition vowed Sunday to prevent the return of wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh from a Saudi hospital, as tens of thousands of protesters celebrated despite doubts over who holds the rei

Yemeni dissidents on Monday called for a swift power transfer as the opposition vowed to block the return President Ali Abdullah Saleh whose party insists he will be back after surgery in Saudi Arabia.

Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for urgent medical care for burns and other wounds suffered in a rocket attack on his palace. The abrupt departure of a k

Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujawar and three other senior Yemeni officials wounded in shelling of the presidential compound were transferred to Saudi Arabia for treatment on Saturday, a medic said.

Fighting broke out in the Yemeni capital on Saturday as embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed to hit back after he was wounded in shelling of his compound.