Yemen government

Yemen government

• Yemen's leader warns of al-Qaida expansion

  The president of Yemen on Thursday warned that the al-Qaida branch in the country was expanding and using assassinations and abductions of foreigners ... 

• Yemen court sentences 11 al-Qaida militants

  A Yemeni court on Tuesday sentenced 11 convicted al-Qaida militants to up to 10 years in prison for forming armed gangs to destabilize the country and ... 

• Yemen president orders military shakeup

  Yemen's president removed his predecessor's son and nephews from powerful security posts on Wednesday in the most dramatic step yet in sidelining old ... 

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  Al-Qaida denies its No. 2 in Yemen was killed

  Al-Qaida in Yemen posted a statement on militant websites Monday saying that its second-most senior commander has not been killed. It was the second ... 

• Yemen: Ex-president Saleh leaves for Saudi Arabia

  Officials at the airport of Yemen's capital Sanaa say former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has left for Saudi Arabia for medical treatment on a special ... 

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  Yemen parties debate new political system

  Yemen's politicians, youth, women and intellectuals opened a landmark national dialogue Monday on the future of the transition to democracy, and high ... 

• Suicide car bomber hits Yemen militia, kills 12

  A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-filled vehicle at a pro-government Yemeni militia headquarters on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding 17, ... 

• Rights group urges Yemen to investigate violations

  An international human rights group urged Yemen's government Saturday to crack down on human rights violations it says have taken place since the ... 

• Separatists, Yemeni troops clash in south; 2 dead

  A celebration by thousands of Yemenis marking the first anniversary of the country's presidential election was interrupted by a shootout on Thursday ... 

• Group: Yemen failed to probe killing of protesters

  An international human rights group accused Yemen on Tuesday of failing to investigate the 2011 killing of 45 anti-government protesters during the ... 

• Yemen seeks UN probe into ship seized with arms

  Yemen has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate a ship that Yemeni authorities said they seized with a cargo of Iranian-made missiles, ... 

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  Rallies across Yemen support military shake-up

  Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis rallied across the country Friday to support a military shake-up this week that limited the powers held by loyalists ...