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Yemen clashes between al-Qaida, militiamen kill 14
Yemen's Defense Ministry says clashes in the south between al-Qaida militants and pro-government fighters have killed 14 on both sides. A ministry ...
Yemen seizes ship carrying weapons
Yemeni authorities have seized a ship in the nation's territorial waters carrying explosives and weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, the state ...
11 Yemen soldiers killed in car bombing
A car bomb exploded Monday next to a military checkpoint in a central town where Yemeni government forces waged their first offensive targeting ...
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen succumbs to wounds
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country's official news agency and a ...
In Davos, examining the Arab Spring's mixed bag
The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much ...
Yemen: US drone strike kills 7 suspected militants
Yemeni officials say a U.S. drone strike on a car outside the capital of Sanaa has killed at least seven suspected al-Qaida militants. The officials ...
Yemen: US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida militants
Yemeni security officials say an airstrike launched by a U.S. drone killed at least three suspected al-Qaida militants in a province near the Saudi ...
Groups seek $716m for Yemen humanitarian crisis
Yemen's government and international donors must allocate over $700 million to help ease a deepening humanitarian crisis that includes widespread ...
At least 13 suspected al-Qaida men killed in Yemen
A Yemen security official says an explosion in the province of Bayda has killed at least 13 suspected al-Qaida militants. The official in Bayda's ...
US helping but hesitant on Mali intervention
The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and ...
Senior Yemeni police official assassinated
A Yemeni security official says gunmen on a motorcycle killed a senior police official in a drive-by shooting south of the capital city of Sanaa. Col.
Panetta: No US troops on the ground in Mali
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that the U.S. has ruled out putting any American troops on the ground in Mali, but officials are hoping ...
Undercover agent details terrorism-sting specifics
An Oregon terrorism suspect allegedly waited just 12 minutes to tell a man he thought was an al-Qaida recruiter that he wanted to detonate a bomb in ...
AP Interview: Dane's life as a spy inside al-Qaida
After converting to Islam, a former member of a Danish motorcycle gang travels to Yemen to study the Quran and soon comes in contact with radical ...
Al-Qaida presence in Mali, Yemen and Afghanistan
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday to discuss bringing down the curtain in the long Afghan war. As U.S.
Yemeni chief killed, apparent al-Qaida revenge
Yemeni security officials say a prominent tribal chief has been killed in an ambush, an apparent revenge attack by al-Qaida for his security links.
Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood
John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a ...
Yemen court sentences alleged 5 al-Qaida militants
Yemen's state security court on Sunday sentenced five alleged al-Qaida militants to up to 10 years in prison for carrying out attacks against security ...
Yemen: Al-Qaida offers bounty for US ambassador
Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has offered to pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador in Sanaa or an American soldier in ...
Suspected US drone kills 3 al-Qaida men in Yemen
Three al-Qaida militants were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen, Yemeni security officials said, the fourth such attack this ...
Airstrike in Yemen kills 2 al-Qaida suspects
An airstrike killed two suspected al-Qaida militants in Yemen on Friday while tribesmen with links to the group were believed to be behind an attack ...
Yemen violence kills 5 soldiers, 11 tribesmen
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead two Yemeni army officers in the country's capital Tuesday, and clashes between the military and tribal fighters loyal ...
Yemen: 2 militants killed in US airstrike
A U.S. drone airstrike killed two al-Qaida militants Monday in a southern town, Yemeni security officials said, the latest in a years long U.S.
Yemen court sentences 3 militants to up to 6 years
Yemen's state security court has sentenced three al-Qaida militants to up to six years in prison for planning attacks on security forces, foreign ...
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 ...