UN refugee agency alarmed at civilian loss of life in Somalia's capital
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced alarm over worsening security in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, where fighting between forces of the Tra...

Wider than the Atlantic
I was in the White House a few weeks back for a pleasant chat with Denis McDonough, the National Security Council chief of staff, and was struck by th...

U.S. plan to aid Yemen could backfire
The U.S. military's Central Command has proposed a $1.2 billion, 5-year military aid program to beef up Yemen's poor-performance security forces to co...

Sa'dah war's flagrant abuse to childrens' rights
Every war has a price, and all Yemenis from the remote areas of al-Mahrah to the Saudi borders have paid this price, however Sa'dah people bear the bu...

Yemeni arrested with over 30kg of qat in Malaysia
Malaysian Police arrested a 21-year-old Yemeni in possession of over 30kg of qat leaves at a taxi stand in Changlun town on Monday.

Al-Qaeda militant arrested, soldier killed, four injured
Posted in: Front Page Written By: Shuaib M. al-Mosawa & Nasser Arrabyee Article Date: Sep 7, 2010 - 10:44:07 AM A foreign al-Qaeda suspect was arreste...

Lightning, rains cause blackout, protests in Yemen
Heavy rains and lightning storms hit northwest Yemen and triggered a blackout Monday, leaving many southern residents in darkness and intolerable heat...

Yemeni president urges religious clerics to fight al-Qaida ideology
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday urged religious clerics to take part in fighting al- Qaida's ideology after the terrorist group intensif...

Two Yemeni journalists held incommunicado for 20 days
The two journalists have not been allowed access to a lawyer or any other form of help.

Power outage darkens large swaths of Yemen as country's people break day's fasting for Ramadan
SAN'A, Yemen - A massive blackout has darkened large swaths of Yemen just as Muslims were sitting down to break their dawn-to-dusk fast for the holy m...