UN envoy: Yemen leader to sign power-transfer deal
November 23, 2011 - 11:57pm
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh plans to sign a deal Wednesday in the Saudi capital that could mean the end of his 33-year rule, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said.
Yemeni women burn their veils to protest crackdown
October 27, 2011 - 3:20am
Hundreds of Yemeni women on yesterday set fire to traditional female veils to protest the government's brutal crackdown against the country's popular uprising, as overnight clashes in the capital and another city...
6 protesters shot dead in clashes with Yemeni gov't troops
October 25, 2011 - 6:07pm
At least six protesters were killed Tuesday in clashes with government troops in Yemen's capital Sanaa and the southern province of Taiz, medics and witnesses said.
UN calls for power transfer in Yemen
October 22, 2011 - 1:56pm
The U.N. Security Council called for Yemen's president to immediately accept a deal to transfer power to his deputy and end escalating violence in the strategically located Middle East nation.
Yemen's capital Sanaa sees worst fighting in weeks
October 18, 2011 - 1:04pm
Fighting between troops loyal to Yemen's embattled leader and rival forces has killed at least 18 people, including eight supporters of a powerful tribal chief who defected to the opposition in March.
US strike kills 9 al-Qaeda militants in Yemen
October 16, 2011 - 6:00am
The United States has raised the tempo in its war against al-Qaeda in Yemen, killing nine of the terror group's militants in the second, high-profile airstrike in as many weeks.
Yemen president says he wants to leave power
October 9, 2011 - 7:00am
President Ali Abdullah Saleh made vague comments yesterday that he is willing to leave power in his first major speech since returning Yemen, but he gave no concrete plan for the future of the country. Yemen's...
Yemen's Al-Qaeda remains threat after drone strike
October 2, 2011 - 4:30am
Al-Qaeda's branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a US drone strike that eliminated three of its key figures. Its military leadership remains intact and is only growing stronger...
Fresh clashes, explosions rock Yemeni capital
September 29, 2011 - 6:41pm
Clashes between government troops and rival tribesmen erupted anew in the Yemeni capital early Thursday and artillery shelling left at least one person dead and seven wounded.
Destroyed school raises questions for Libyans
September 28, 2011 - 3:08pm
Textbooks are strewn across the floor of the computer and math lab. Pages of science homework are stamped with footprints. A cupboard has been smashed. Bullet holes puncture computer screens and frame...
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