Yemen
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Osama Was Living In Pak Since 8 Years, Says Yemeni Widow
World | May 07, 2011, 04:49 PM ISTIslamabad, May 7: Trying to piece together Osama bin Laden's life prior to the US raid that killed him, Pakistani sleuths today focussed on Haripur district in the country's northwest after his Yemeni widow said
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Protesters Demand Immediate Resignation Of Saleh In Yemen
World | Apr 25, 2011, 01:28 PM ISTSanaa (Yemen), Apr 25: Deep divisions within Yemen's opposition appeared to doom an Arab proposal for the president to step down within a month, raising the prospect of more bloodshed and instability in a nation
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Yemeni Police Kill Three, Wound More Ahead Of Talks
World | Apr 20, 2011, 08:08 AM ISTSanaa, Apr 19 : Three people were shot dead in Yemen today—one a passer-by—as security forces opened fire to disperse protesters calling for the ouster of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.The latest killings came as
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Tribe Of Yemen President Clashes With Army, 3 Dead
World | Apr 05, 2011, 09:15 PM ISTSanaa (Yemen), Apr 5: Tribesmen loyal to Yemen's embattled president on Tuesday clashed with a group of soldiers whose commander has sided with the opposition, and the fighting in a suburb of the capital Sanaa
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17 Killed As Yemen Boils; US Pushes For Saleh's Removal
World | Apr 05, 2011, 09:56 AM ISTSaana, Apr 4 : Yemen came close to the brink today as security forces shot dead 17 people among the thousands of anti-regime protesters who stormed the Governor's headquarters in the city of Taiz, and
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Yemen's Saleh Says Only Dialogue Can Prevent 'Civil War'
World | Mar 27, 2011, 04:52 PM ISTSanaa, Mar 27: Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he does not want to cling on to power and warned that only dialogue could save the country from sliding into civil war.“I have already
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Under Siege Yemen Prez Declares State Of Emergency
World | Mar 23, 2011, 08:53 PM ISTDubai, March 23: A showdown between the embattled US-backed President and the opposition, escalated in Yemen today as the country's parliament dominated by supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh approved a sweeping state of emergency giving
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Yemen President Saleh's Regime Near Falling
World | Mar 21, 2011, 07:55 PM ISTDubai, Mar 21: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year-old iron fisted rule appeared to be tottering today after three army generals, including his longtime confidant, defected, asking him to step down and deployed tanks and
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Yemen President Sacks Cabinet, Crowds Bury 'Martyrs'
World | Mar 21, 2011, 07:40 AM ISTSanaa, Mar 20: Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh sacked his government today as mourners massed in Sanaa to bury many of the 52 people gunned down by his loyalists, and more regime figures quit
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46 Dead In Yemen Protest Bloodbath: Medics
World | Mar 19, 2011, 08:26 AM ISTSanaa, March 18: Beleaguered Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered a state of emergency Friday after regime loyalists killed at least 46 protestors in the deadliest incident in weeks of unrest, according to medics.Witnesses said
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Anti-Government Tribesmen Kill 4 Yemeni Soldiers
World | Mar 16, 2011, 08:21 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen, Mar 16: A Yemeni tribal leader was killed Tuesday in confrontations between security forces and protesters demanding the resignation of President Abdullah Saleh, witnesses said.They said Sheik Naji Nassem was shot dead by
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Yemen Police Fires On Protesers, 2 Killed
World | Mar 12, 2011, 06:00 PM ISTSana'a, Mar 12 : Yemeni security forces fired live bullets and tear gas on two pro-democracy demonstrations Saturday, killing two people, including a 15-year-old student, as the government clamps down on a growing protest movement,
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Thousands Of Police Confront Protesters In Yemen
World | Feb 17, 2011, 10:11 AM ISTSanaa,Yemen, Feb 16: Authorities flooded the streets of Yemen's capital with 2,000 police Wednesday to try to put down days of Egypt-style demonstrations against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling
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Egypt-Like Protests In Iran, Bahrain, Yemen
World | Feb 15, 2011, 01:48 PM ISTDubai, Feb 15 : The possible heirs of Egypt's uprising took to the streets in different corners of the Middle East: Iran's beleaguered opposition stormed back to central Tehran and came under a tear gas
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Yemen, Algeria, Syria, Jordan: Whose Turn Now?
World | Feb 12, 2011, 03:33 PM ISTDubai, Feb 12: The euphoria that marked the downfall of dictator Hosni Mubarak in Egypt reverberated to the people across the Arab and Muslim world, but stunned most of the regimes in the Middle East
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'Qaeda' Bombing Kills 23 Shiites In Yemen Rebel Bastion
World | Nov 24, 2010, 10:55 PM ISTSanaa, Nov 24: A suicide car bomber killed 23 Shiites at a religious procession in Yemen today, an attack a tribal chief charged was a bid by Al-Qaeda to fan sectarian tensions in the already
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Al-Qaida Turncoat Alerted Saudis To Cargo Bomb Plot, Says Yemen
World | Nov 02, 2010, 08:21 AM ISTSan'a: A leading Al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia last month provided the tip that led to the thwarting of the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said on Monday. The officials
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Al Qaeda Sends Two Explosive Printer Cartridges From Yemen To Blow Up Jewish Synagogues In US
World | Oct 30, 2010, 04:54 PM ISTThe Daily Mail, London on Saturday revealed how Al Qaeda activists from Yemen sent two printer cartridges packed with PETN explosives to blow up Jewish synagogues in the United States.All cargo planes on both sides
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Al Qaeda Has Shifted Base From Pak To Yemen, Says Gen Petraeus
World | Jan 10, 2010, 04:33 PM ISTThe U.S. military does not intend to put ground troops in Yemen, a country where al Qaeda operatives have become an increasing threat, Gen. David Petraeus, head of US Central Command, has said.However, the United