Yemen
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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,
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UN ships medicine to 1.2 million people in war-torn central Yemen
World | Dec 29, 2015, 08:40 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN health agency has delivered more than 100 tonnes of medicines and supplies for 1.2 million people in strife-torn Yemen's central Taiz governorate, Xinhua reported.More than three million people, of whom, almost
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War against Saudi Arabia has yet to begin: Yemen's former president
World | Dec 28, 2015, 09:53 AM ISTSanaa: Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday said that the war against Saudi Arabia has yet to begin, vowing his supporters to continue fight unless the Saudi-led coalition halts air and ground campaigns
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Unlike Afghanistan, little outcry as hospitals bombed in Syria, Yemen
World | Oct 31, 2015, 07:38 AM ISTBeirut: The first missile slammed into the field hospital in the rebel-held Syrian town of Sarmeen, killing a physiotherapist inside. Five minutes later, the aircraft returned, firing another missile that hit nearby just as the
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20 prisoners killed in Yemen air strikes
World | Oct 12, 2015, 07:03 AM ISTSanaa: At least 20 prisoners were killed when warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition bombed a prison in Yemen's al-Bayda province on Sunday, medical sources and witnesses said.The prison which held more than 100 prisoners was
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1 Indian killed, 2 injured in Yemeni attack in Saudi Arabia
World | Sep 19, 2015, 07:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: One Indian was killed and two were injured in mortar attacks from Yemen around Samtah General Hospital in Jizan Region of Saudi Arabia.While the Indian has been identified as Farooq, a mechanic from
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Iran to keep its embassy open in Yemen
World | Sep 14, 2015, 06:37 PM ISTTehran: Iran's embassy in Yemen will continue its usual operations, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said here on Monday.Iran has no plan to close its mission in the war-stricken Arab
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70 sailors stranded in Yemen, MEA says working on evacuation
India | Sep 14, 2015, 12:09 AM ISTNew Delhi/Ahmedabad: India today said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county. “Our
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Six Indians killed in Yemen aerial bombardment, one missing: MEA
India | Sep 11, 2015, 05:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: India said on Friday that six Indians had died following aerial bombardment of their boats off Yemen coast while one Indian was unaccounted for.In a statement, external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said
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13 out of 20 Indians reported killed in Yemen air strikes alive: MEA
India | Sep 09, 2015, 05:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today said that 13 out of the 20 Indian nationals who were reported to have been killed in Saudi-led airstrikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port are
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20 Indians killed in Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen's port: Reports
World | Sep 08, 2015, 11:02 PM ISTSanaa/New Delhi: At least 20 Indians were killed in airstrikes Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces on fuel smugglers at Yemen's Hodeidah port on Tuesday, reports said.According to media reports, the locals said that two boats were
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Two suicide bombings hit mosque in Yemen, 30 killed
World | Sep 03, 2015, 11:54 AM ISTSanaa: Nearly 30 people were killed and 100 others injured when two suicide bombings targeted a Houthi-controlled mosque in Yemen's capital Sanaa.A security official of the country's interior ministry, which is controlled by Houthi rebels,
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Yemen: 120 killed in Saudi-led air strikes before truce declaration
World | Jul 26, 2015, 04:08 PM ISTSanaa(Yemen): Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit a residential area in a quiet Red Sea town in Yemen, killing at least 120 people in the deadliest strike against civilians since the March offensive began, security and medical
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UN chief deplores airstrikes on UN compound in Yemen
World | Jun 30, 2015, 07:43 AM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon on Monday deplored coalition airstrikes on a UN compound in Aden, Yemen, urging a full investigation into the incident.The airstrike that happened on Sunday seriously damaged a
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Saudi warplanes destroy Yemen's airports
World | Jun 20, 2015, 05:02 PM ISTSanaa : Saudi-led air strikes struck military and civilian airports here on Saturday, destroying the runways, after peace talks in Geneva collapsed.An airport official told Xinhua news agency that the air strikes destroyed the runways
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15 Houthi rebels killed in Yemen
World | Jun 20, 2015, 06:26 AM ISTAden: At least 15 Shia al-Houthi militiamen were killed in a raid by Popular Resistance Committee loyal to fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in southern Yemen, al-Arabiya reported.The raid took place on a station in
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UN-led talks on Yemen to begin tomorrow
World | Jun 13, 2015, 11:34 AM ISTGeneva: The UN-led Geneva Consultations on Yemen will begin on Monday, officials said.The announcement was made by Ahmad Fawzi, director of information service of the UN at Geneva, on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.According to
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Airstrikes destroy part of Yemen's UNESCO heritage site
World | Jun 13, 2015, 06:22 AM ISTSanaa: Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen destroyed historic houses today in the center of the capital, Sanaa, a UNESCO world heritage site.Rescue teams digging through the debris pulled the bodies