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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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

Four explosions rocked an air base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, setting two fighter jets on fire, an aviation official said.

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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

Six people, including a family of five, were killed in Yemen despite a relative calm after deadly clashes between supporters and foes of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, medics and witnesses said toda

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

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave power in the coming days, the closest the veteran leader has come to announcing he plans to step down after nine months of mass pro

Tawakkul Karman, a Yemeni activist and journalist who has fallen foul of the authorities in her struggle for rights, on Friday became the first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Tribesmen fighting Yemeni troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot down on Wednesday an army fighter jet, as a sea of protesters demanded the under-fire leader's ouster and trial.

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Yemen's opposition held mass protests on Monday, escalating demands for the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh after the ailing leader said his future should be determined at the ball