Yemen
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45 soldiers killed, 50 wounded in suicide bombing attack Yemen army base
World | Dec 11, 2016, 09:46 AM ISTA suicide bomber blew himself up inside an army base in the southern city of Aden on Saturday, killing 45 soldiers and wounding another 50
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Six Pakistani sailors killed after Saudi jets attack Pakistani boat off Yemen
World | Dec 06, 2016, 04:32 PM ISTAt least six Pakistani sailors are reported to have been killed after Saudi jets launched airstrikes against their boat off the Yemeni coast on Sunday.
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U.S.-backed air campaign embroiled in controversy over war crimes in Yemen
World | Nov 18, 2016, 12:29 PM ISTOn an August morning, a taxi driver in northwestern Yemen hugged his kids and jokingly told his family, “Forgive me if I don’t come back.” It was his way of laughing off the danger of
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Yemen: Saudi-led strikes on Houthi rebels-controlled prisons kill 60
World | Oct 30, 2016, 09:54 PM ISTNearly 60 people, including prisoners and security personnel, were feared dead after Saudi-led airstrikes battered two prisons inside a security headquarters in a western port city.
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US military fires missiles at Yemeni rebel sites
World | Oct 13, 2016, 01:43 PM ISTPentagon today said that its military has fired a series of ‘limited self-defence strikes’ in Yemen.
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Over 140 killed in airstrikes on funeral in Yemeni capital, Houthi rebels blame Saudi-led coalition
World | Oct 09, 2016, 07:01 AM ISTAn airstrike on Saturday hit a funeral ceremony in Yemen’s capital Sanaa killing at least 140 people and injuring 525 others, a United Nations official said with Houthi rebels blaming the Saudi-led coalition for the attack.
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60 killed in suicide attack at Yemen army camp
World | Aug 29, 2016, 02:02 PM ISTAt least 60 people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen's second city of Aden on Monday, security officials said in a new toll. One official told
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Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missiles fired from Yemen
World | Aug 10, 2016, 04:20 PM ISTSaudi Arabia said that its Air Force has intercepted two ballistic missiles fired at the kingdom by Yemen’s armed Houthi movement on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia pledges to provide education to 10 lakh Yemenis
World | Jun 22, 2016, 09:22 PM ISTRiyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced a distance education programme for 10 lakh Yemenis from the beginning of the new academic year, the media reported on today. Launched by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre,
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Suicide bombings outside police base in Yemen kill 45
World | May 23, 2016, 01:17 PM ISTTwo suicide attacks have killed at least 45 people in army and injured dozens more in the southern Yemeni city of Aden.
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Abducted Kerala priest Tom Uzhunnalil safe in Yemen
India | May 18, 2016, 10:15 AM ISTA Kerala priest abducted in Yemen is safe and efforts to secure his release are in last leg, a government official said on Wednesday.
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Suicide bombing in Yemen kills 37 police recruits, IS claims responsibilty on Twitter
World | May 15, 2016, 06:23 PM ISTAden: A suicide bomber on today detonated his explosives among policemen standing in line outside a police base in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla, killing 37 recruits. The bomb attack occurred near the gate
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No proof whether 41 Indians held by ISIS in Iraq, Yemen are dead or alive: Govt
National | May 09, 2016, 08:52 AM ISTMoS for External Affairs General VK Singh on Sunday said that his Ministry has no confirmation whether the 41 Indians, including a Catholic priest from Kerala, held hostage by ISIS in Iraq and Yemen are dead or alive.
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900 children killed in Yemen conflict in 2015: UN
World | Mar 30, 2016, 08:39 AM ISTUnited Nations: More than 900 children were killed and over 1,300 injured in 2015 due to conflict in Yemen, said a report released by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). "Unicef verified more than 1,560
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An infant's 5-month life points to hunger's spread in Yemen
World | Mar 29, 2016, 12:53 PM ISTHazyaz,Yemen : The baby was born in war, even as planes blasted his village in Yemen. Five months later, Udai Faisal died from war: his skeletal body broke down under the ravages of malnutrition, his
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Vatican, FBI working to rescue Kerala Catholic priest in Yemen
India | Mar 26, 2016, 09:41 PM ISTVatican, FBI working to rescue Kerala Catholic priest in Yemen
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Explosions hit Yemen's Aden, 25 killed
World | Mar 26, 2016, 06:56 AM ISTSanaa:Three explosions rocked Yemen's temporary capital of Aden on Friday evening, leaving 25 people killed and several others injured, a security official told Xinhua. The huge blasts were caused by suicide bombers attempting to attack
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Will spare no efforts to rescue priest missing in Yemen: Sushma Swaraj
National | Mar 06, 2016, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: India will spare no efforts to rescue father Tom Uzhunnalil, who has gone missing in Yemen after the ISIS terrorist group attacked a care home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity."Yemen is
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Suicide bombing near Yemen Presidential Palace, eight killed
World | Jan 28, 2016, 09:36 PM ISTAden: A suicide car bombing killed at least eight people at a checkpoint outside Yemen's presidential palace in the southern city of Aden today, security and medical officials said.The dead included soldiers and civilians and at
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Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of bombing its embassy in Yemen
World | Jan 07, 2016, 11:55 PM ISTDubai: Iran's state-run news agency IRNA says a Saudi-led air strike last night hit the Iranian embassy in Yemen.The accusation comes amid a dangerous rise in tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia in recent days,