Yemen

...poor Arab country. Regional media reported on Sunday that the rebels launched hit-and-run attacks against advancing Yemeni troops. Yemeni forces backed by artillery and tanks combed mountain regions in the north of the country, killing a...

In this article: Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Arabiya television, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Africa

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, a Kenyan maritime official said on Sunday, but Greek officials said the attack may have been unsuccessful. The vessel was taken 36...

In this article: Nairobi and Coal

...- were killed. Two Japanese women were released unharmed in May last year after briefly being taken hostage by Yemeni tribesmen. Yemen is the ancestral land of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and has witnessed several attacks claimed...

In this article: Al-Qaeda, Yukio Hatoyama, US, Detainee, Osama bin Laden, and Ali Abdullah Saleh

SANA'A, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa. A coast guard official says the Red Sea Spirit was...

In this article: Sana'a, Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, Horn of Africa, and Somalia

Yemen troops 'kill Houthi rebel leader' The Yemeni government launched a fresh offensive in August 2009 Yemeni government forces fighting Houthi rebels in the country's north have killed a leader and forced his supporters into retreat,...

In this article: Riyadh

The Japanese engineer kidnapped by armed Yemeni tribesmen has not been released, contrary to earlier reports, tribal leaders have said. It had been reported that the man was freed on Tuesday and was on his way to the capital, Sanaa. But...

In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Al-Qaeda, and Saudi Arabia

Under international pressure due to the convention on international trade in endangered species, Yemen announced last summer that it has placed a ban on such imports for the past two years. An old jambia crafted by a top artisan can be...

In this article: Endangered species, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and China

...impossible to verify. The rebels, known as al-Houthis after their leader, say they have shot down three Yemeni fighter jets since October. Yemeni authorities say the planes suffered technical malfunctions and crashed. Yemeni officials...

In this article: Al-qaida, Iran, God, U.S. State Department, Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia, and Ali Abdullah Saleh

SAN'A, Yemen -- A Japanese Embassy official says a Japanese engineer has been kidnapped in Yemen by armed tribesmen who have made some demands of their government. Kohei Akiyama, the embassy's first secretary, did not release the name of...

...for the rights of the Zaydi Shiite community, which they contend is discriminated against and marginalized in Yemen. They have been fighting Yemen's government for five years, and three months ago the government launched a new offensive in...

In this article: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki, Al Qaeda, Agence France-Presse, Anxiety, The Christian Science Monitor, and UN