Yemen
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Yemen sets curfew as fighting roils capital
World | Sep 21, 2014, 07:41 AM ISTSANAA, Yemen: Yemen's top security body imposed an overnight curfew in restive areas of the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday after Shiite rebels took over the state television building amid heavy clashes and the U.N. envoy
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65 Shia rebels killed in Yemen airstrike
World | Sep 17, 2014, 08:06 PM ISTSanaa: At least 65 members of Yemen's Shia Houthi rebel movement were killed Wednesday in a military airstrike in the country's troubled north, a media report said.The rebels were killed in the northern province of
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UN concerned about deteriorating situation in Yemen
World | Jul 12, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTSanaa: The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in northern Yemen, calling for implementing the existing ceasefire agreements."The members of the Security Council have demanded that all armed groups and other
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Fighting in Yemen displaces 20,000 people: UN
World | Jun 07, 2014, 08:45 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN and humanitarian organisations in Yemen are concerned about the new displacement of as many as 20,000 people in the country's northern Amran governorate, due to heavy fighting between government forces and
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US drone strike kills four Al Qaeda members in Yemen
World | Jun 05, 2014, 06:54 AM ISTSanaa: At least four members of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda offshoot were killed when a US drone bombed their vehicle in the central province of Marib on Wednesday evening, a security official said."The unmanned US
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US drone kills 21 in Yemen
World | Apr 19, 2014, 04:14 PM ISTSanaa: A US drone raid Saturday killed 16 Al Qaeda militants and five civilians in Yemen, an army officer said.The drone hit a pickup that was carrying 16 suspected militants in Hazmiah area of al-Bayda,
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Al-Qaida's wing in Yemen vows to attack America
World | Apr 17, 2014, 01:15 PM ISTDubai: The leader of Al-Qaida's wing in Yemen has vowed to attack the United States, in a video apparently showing a gathering of the group celebrating a mass jailbreak of fighters.The video was brought to
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US drone kills three Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen
World | Mar 13, 2014, 08:06 AM ISTSana'a : A US drone strike killed three suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen's Al Jawf province Wednesday, Yemeni officials said."The drone strike targeted a vehicle carrying three militants in Om Shukah area in al-Jawf
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US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida suspects in Yemen
World | Dec 09, 2013, 10:06 PM ISTYemen: A Yemeni security official says a U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen has killed three al-Qaida suspects.The official says Monday's strike hit the suspects' moving vehicle in Hadramawt province and set it on fire.The
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Car bomb hits Yemen's Defense Ministry, killing 15
World | Dec 05, 2013, 04:16 PM ISTYemen: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car on Thursday at Yemen's Defense Ministry, killing 15 soldiers and wounding at least 40 in an attack underlining the persistent threat to the stability and security of
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Over 62,000 migrants arrived in Yemen this year: UN
World | Nov 09, 2013, 07:38 PM ISTUnited Nations: United Nations, Nov 9 (IANS) Over 62,000 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants arrived in Yemen from the Horn of Africa in the first 10 months of this year, a UN spokesperson said on
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Six Al Qaeda terrorists killed in Yemen
World | Oct 25, 2013, 08:52 AM ISTSanaa : Yemeni warplanes struck Al Qaeda hideouts Thursday killing six terrorists even as suspected Al Qaeda militants killed an intelligence officer in the country's capital Sanaa.The warplanes carried out two air strikes against Al
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Al-Qaida gunmen overrun major Yemen military base
World | Sep 30, 2013, 11:31 PM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Suspected al-Qaida gunmen dressed in fatigues and riding in military trucks overran a key army base in eastern Yemen on Monday, security officials said, holding captive high-ranking officers and soldiers inside in the
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Yemen claims to have foiled al-Qaeda plot
World | Aug 08, 2013, 09:57 AM ISTSANA'A, Aug 8: The terror network planned to target two cities, then send its members disguised in military uniform to attack two strategic oil ports, says an Yemeni official.A Yemeni government spokesman claims authorities have
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US orders Americans to leave Yemen after Al Qaeda threat
World | Aug 07, 2013, 09:02 AM ISTWashington, Aug 7: The United States on Tuesday ordered Americans to leave Yemen “immediately” citing an Al Qaeda threat. “We are concerned about a threat stream indicating the potential for terrorist attacks against US persons
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Al-Qaeda Yemen branch confirms its No. 2 killed
World | Jul 17, 2013, 06:40 PM ISTSanaa (Yemen), July 17:The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda confirmed on Wednesday that the group's No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike.The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave
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14 killed as generator explodes in Yemen
World | Jul 15, 2013, 12:07 PM ISTSanaa, July 15: Fourteen people, among them four children, were killed when a generator exploded in a village in Yemen, police officials said.A total of 14 people, including eight women besides four children, were killed
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Yemen city Sanaa has Hindu temples, people here love Bollywood films
World | May 20, 2013, 12:33 PM ISTSanaa, May 20: A Hindu temple that dates back over 150 years, a market that sports an Indian name and love for Bollywood reflect the India connect of the Yemeni city of Aden.The famous Hindu
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Saudi diplomat assassinated in Yemen
World | Nov 28, 2012, 08:29 PM ISTSana'a, Nov 28: A Saudi Arabian military diplomat was Wednesday assassinated by unidentified gunmen in security uniforms in the capital city of Sanaa, Xinhua reported."Gunmen in security uniforms intercepted the car of a Saudi military
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India's soccer friendly against Yemen cancelled
Football | Nov 08, 2012, 11:53 PM ISTGuwahati, Nov 8: India's international football friendly against Yemen, which was to be played here Nov 14, has been cancelled.The All India Football Federation (AIFF) was notified by the Yemen Football Association (YFA) Thursday morning