US-Yemeni cleric and terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaqi narrowly escaped a US drone attack three days after American commandos killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, a tribal source said on Saturday.

Embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accused Qatar of a "conspiracy" and threatened to pull out of a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) transition deal to end the violence in Yemen.

Al Qaeda gunmen killed two soldiers and wounded three others on Wednesday in Yemen's restive Southern province of Abyan, a security official told AFP.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down within weeks in return for immunity from prosecution, putting him on course to become the third veteran Arab leader toppled this year by str

Yemen protesters demanded on Sunday the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh after his ruling party accepted a Gulf plan for him to quit in 30 days in a move promptly hailed by Washingt

Young and educated, like most protesters in Sanaa, the Shamakh brothers shoot videos of demonstrations and post them on the Internet as part of an uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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Yemeni opposition called for mass protests on Wednesday after deadly confrontations with the police, while talks between Gulf mediators and representatives of Yemen’s embattled President appeared to have made no progress.

Yemeni police killed one person and wounded several others when they opened fire on anti-regime demonstrators marching in the city of Taez on Tuesday, a medic and witnesses said.

Yemen's influential tribal and religious chiefs, siding with a 10-week-old uprising, have urged security forces to defect and called for the "immediate" ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday welcomed Gulf "efforts" to end his country's political crisis, saying he was ready for a "peaceful" transfer of power in a constitutional way, according to a statement from his office.