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Latest in Tag: yemen
British teacher ‘kidnapped in Yemen’
AFP – Gunmen have abducted a British teacher in Sanaa, in the second kidnapping this month of a British expat in violence-hit Yemen, a security official said Thursday. The unidentified gunmen captured the teacher on Wednesday evening as he returned from work, the official said. A Western diplomat confirmed the kidnapping. The teacher, whose identity …
Yemen to become six-region federation
Yemen’s parties had been divided on whether to split the future federation into two or six regions.
Yemen hostage mediators lose contact with Al-Qaeda
Kidnappers are demanding $3m (€2.2m) for his release before Saturday’s deadline.
Gunmen kidnap British national in Yemeni capital
AFP – Gunmen kidnapped a British oil-sector employee in the Yemeni capital on Monday, witnesses and an industry official told AFP, the second abduction of a foreigner in Yemen since Friday. “Gunmen in a car kidnapped the British man at around 9.00am near a grocery store in Hada,” a tightly-patrolled district in central Sanaa, the …
Iran diplomat fatally wounded in Yemen shooting: Medic
Nobody at the Iranian embassy was immediately available for comment but other diplomats said the victim was an embassy security officer.
Govt troops deploy in north Yemen after ceasefire deal
They rose up in 2004 in their stronghold of Saada against the government of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, blaming it for marginalising them.
The long winding road to Yemen
As the debates rage in Egypt on whether presidential elections should be held before parliamentary elections, the country seems headed to an all too familiar scenario. In February 2012, elections were held in Yemen with acting president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi as the only candidate on the ballot. While many Egyptian activists ridiculed this move, …
Unrest grips south Yemen after tribal chief death
Schools and public offices were closed and shops shuttered in the south on the second day of the protests.
Assailants stab Japan diplomat in Yemen capital
The spokesman said he had been driving ahead of the consul, but when he arrived at the embassy, the consul was no longer following.
Nada Shousha, IFC director for Egypt, Libya, and Yemen: IFC’s investments in Egypt reach US$1 billion
The International Finance Corporation is willing to finance public-private-partnerships centred on infrastructure, says regional director
Yemen jails crew over arms shipment ‘from Iran’
Another man was given a three-year jail term while a ninth, who remains at large, was handed a 10-year term.
Yemen talks could be delayed up to 3 months: FM
The dialogue is aimed at drawing up a new constitution for Yemen and preparing for elections in February.
Yemen human rights minister wants child marriage ban
Eight-year-old Rawan was said to have died last week from internal haemorrhaging after sexual intercourse on her wedding night, after having been married to a man in his 40s in the northeastern province of Hajja.
Yemen foils suicide bomber at English language centre
The assailant, 20, was caught after he hurled a grenade that failed to explode at the Yemen-America Language Institute in west Sanaa, the official said.
US to reopen embassies except Yemen on Sunday
The US had closed some two dozen embassies and consulates since August 4 after reported intelligence intercepts from Al-Qaeda suggested an attack was imminent
Qaeda targeted in Yemen amid global security alert
Both Washington and London pulled out diplomatic personnel from Sanaa on Tuesday, citing intelligence reports of an imminent AQAP attack
New US drone strike in Yemen as Hadi to meet Obama
The unmanned aircraft “raided an Al-Qaeda vehicle in the Wadi Ser area destroying it and killing four militants”, officials said
US formally takes responsibility for killing Awlaki
The United States formally said for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three other US citizens in anti-terror strikes abroad.
Football fans in the Gulf vote with their feet
By James M. Dorsey Football is defeating efforts by wealthy Gulf States to impregnate themselves against the wave of protests that have swept the Middle East and North Africa in the past two years and sparked a brutal civil war in Syria. Once a prince’s uncontested playing ground that allowed royals to curry favour, strengthen …
Two Egyptian nationals abducted in Yemen
Yemeni tribe abducts two Egyptians to pressure the Yemeni government to meet their demands
MFA: Over 4,000 Egyptians entered Libya illegally this year
Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports thousands of Egyptians entered Libya illegally this year
Egyptian embassy in Yemen rescues girl from forced marriage
Young girl called Chancellor Haddad El-Gohary and informed him of her detainment
Egyptians continue illegal immigration
Despite numerous warnings from Foreign Ministry, Egyptians continue to enter other countries illegally
Attacked Egyptian boat returns from Yemen
After remaining in Yemen for at least a week, Al-Negma Al-Dahbeya is finally returning home
Egypt less safe tourist destination than Pakistan, Yemen and Chad: WEF
Plunges ten places in World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index
Gunmen kill intelligence deputy in south Yemen
Colonel Ahmed al-Ramada, deputy chief of political security in the city, was killed on his way to work
Yemen’s Hadi committed to transition deal
The transition deal was signed after months of anti-government protests and deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Saleh troops
Yemen tribal chief with ‘Qaeda ties’ under house arrest
On 5 November, hundreds of the militiamen, known as the Popular Resistance Committees, who fought alongside the Yemeni army to oust Al-Qaeda from southern towns last May, surrounded Fadhli’s home
Al-Qaeda Yemen deputy leader dismisses death reports
A tribal source told AFP after the raid that a ground operation had taken place in Hadramawt, but would not confirm Shehri’s death.
Deadly clashes in North Yemen
Clashes between Shi’a and Sunnis in Yemen leave at least a dozen dead