Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded on Friday along with his premier and other officials as shells struck a mosque in the presidential palace compound, a security official said.

Thirty-seven people were killed in overnight clashes between opposition tribesmen and security forces after a truce, that had ended four days of fighting in the Yemeni capital, collapsed, a medic said on Wednesday

Republican Guard shelling and pre-dawn street battles between government forces and rival tribal fighters killed at least 41 people in the capital today.

There were growing signs of disarray in

Fierce fighting erupted around the Sanaa home of dissident tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar today as a truce that ended deadly clashes last week broke down.

There were also heavy exchanges betw

Yemeni security forces killed 20 demonstrators when they broke up a four-month-old sit-in in the
second-largest city Taez during the night, protest organisers said on Monday.

"At least 20 protesters

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen have taken control of the south Yemen city of Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province, after heavy fighting with security forces that left 16 dead, an official said on Sunday.

Hundreds of Tamil nurses are holed up in the military hospital at Sanna in strife-torn Yemen for over a week without proper food and water.

Worse still, there is constant fear of death as bullets an

India on Friday asked all its nationals living in Yemen to leave that country through whatever commercial means available in view of the increased violence in which at least 150 people have been killed so far.

Yemen teetered on the verge of civil war on Friday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh defied calls from opponents and world leaders for him to relinquish power.

More than 40 Yemenis were killed in pitch

India's foreign ministry on Friday advised its 14,000 nationals in Yemen to leave because of escalating violence between rebels and forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

At least two dozen pe