Yemen
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US military fired missiles during Yemen Houthi attack on UAE
World | Feb 02, 2022, 01:55 PM ISTThe acknowledgement by the White House and Pentagon late Monday represent a widening American involvement in Yemen's yearslong war, a conflict that President Joe Biden declared nearly a year ago “has to end.”
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UAE Air Defense intercepts ballistic missile launched by Houthis
World | Jan 31, 2022, 06:36 AM ISTThe UAE’s state-run WAM news agency reported the interception, saying that “the attack did not result in any losses, as the remnants of the ballistic missile fell outside the populated areas.”
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Saudi-led airstrikes on rebel-run prison kills 70 in Yemen
World | Jan 21, 2022, 11:29 PM ISTThe minister, told The Associated Press in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, also held by the rebels, that he expects the number of those killed to rise since many of the wounded are seriously hurt. He says there would be updates on the death toll in the coming hours.
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Suspected drone attacks in Abu Dhabi kill 3, Yemen's Houthi movement claims responsibility
World | Jan 17, 2022, 04:43 PM ISTThe UAE has been at war in Yemen since early 2015, and was a key member of the Saudi-led coalition that launched attacks against the Iranian-backed Houthis.
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Yemen's Houthis claim launching 14 bomb-laden drones against Saudi airports, Aramco refineries
World | Nov 21, 2021, 07:25 AM ISTThe Iran-backed Houthi militia has recently intensified cross-border missile and drone attacks.
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5 killed in explosion targeting Yemeni government officials in Aden
World | Oct 10, 2021, 06:56 PM ISTThe car bomb attack targeted motorcade of Aden's governor Ahmed Lamlas and other officials of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt, he said.
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Missile and drone attack on Yemeni base kills 5, say officials
World | Aug 29, 2021, 03:48 PM ISTThe officials said at least three explosions took place in the Al-Anad Air Base in the southern province of Lahj, which is held by the internationally recognized government. More than two dozen troops were wounded.
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UN voices concern over humanitarian situation in Yemen
World | Aug 05, 2021, 06:56 AM ISTHeavy rains and flooding in Yemen have affected at least 28,000 people, according to initial estimates.
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Mysterious air base being built on volcanic island off Yemen
World | May 25, 2021, 01:18 PM ISTThe runway on Mayun Island allows whoever controls it to project power into the strait and easily launch airstrikes into mainland Yemen, convulsed by a yearslong bloody war. It also provides a base for any operations into the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and nearby East Africa.
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Iranian cargo ship attacked in Red Sea off Yemen: Report
World | Apr 07, 2021, 01:07 PM ISTThe US military's Central Command said it was "aware of media reporting of an incident involving the Saviz in the Red Sea."
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Yemen's Houthi rebels target airport in Saudi Arabia, plane catches fire
World | Feb 10, 2021, 08:09 PM ISTYemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom's state television reported, an attack that threatens to escalate Yemen's grinding war.
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Yemen Blast: 25 killed, 110 wounded at Aden airport
World | Dec 31, 2020, 01:35 PM ISTA large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said.
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Massive explosion rocks Aden airport in Yemen; 16 dead, 60 injured
World | Dec 30, 2020, 07:02 PM ISTA large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 16 people were killed and 60 were wounded in the blast.
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Presence of ISIS, Al Qaeda in parts of Yemen needs to be addressed: India
World | Dec 04, 2020, 01:14 PM ISTIndia has said the presence of terrorist elements like ISIS and Al Qaeda in parts of Yemen and their continued attacks on civilian population needs to be addressed, stressing that the international community must unite to fight the “dark forces of terror” globally and hold those who support and shelter such terror groups accountable.
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UK resumes arms sales to Riyadh amid Saudi-Yemen conflict
World | Jul 09, 2020, 11:45 AM ISTThe UK government has decided to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that the arms could be used to commit human rights abuses and war crimes in Yemen.
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Saudi-led coalition warplane crashes in Yemen
World | Feb 16, 2020, 07:54 AM ISTA warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf, officials said.
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Al-Qaida leader Qassim al-Rimi killed in US operation: Trump
World | Feb 07, 2020, 06:34 AM ISTPresident Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. at his direction has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
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Govt help sought to bring home fishermen fleeing from Yemen
World | Nov 28, 2019, 10:24 PM ISTOn Wednesday through a "telephone message," the fishermen informed their families that they in a mechanised boat somehow reached Indian waters near Lakshadweep, the SAFF said in a statement.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim drone attacks on Saudi Aramco oil plants
World | Sep 14, 2019, 06:19 PM ISTDrones claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies.
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Saudi-led airstrike kills 17 in Yemen's Hodeidah
World | Oct 14, 2018, 06:37 AM ISTThe Saturday attack was the latest in a series of airstrikes against the civilians since the coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in 2015.