Yemen

Yemen

• 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 officials: US drone kills 2 militants

  Yemeni army officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed two suspected al-Qaida militants east of the capital, sparking a retaliatory attack on a ... 

• Yemenis dismantle tents, declare end of revolution

  In a symbolic move, Yemenis on Thursday began to dismantle protest tent camp in the capital, Sanaa, and other cities across the country, declaring the ... 

• Yemen: US drone strikes kill 5 al-Qaida suspects

  Two U.S. drone strikes Wednesday killed at least five suspected al-Qaida militants and destroyed the house of one of them in a mountainous area south ... 

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  Pressure cooker bombs suspected in Boston blast

  Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out — with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ... 

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  Pressure cooker bombs used in past by militants

  Homemade bombs built from pressure cookers, a version of which was used in the Boston Marathon bombings, have been a frequent weapon of militants in ... 

• 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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  Yemenis demand release of Guantanamo detainees

  Activists and relatives of around 90 Yemeni detainees held in Guantanamo Bay protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Monday to demand the ... 

• Yemeni gunmen open fire, wound Red Cross employee

  A Yemeni security official says an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross was wounded when gunmen opened fire at her car in the ... 

• Yemen clashes between al-Qaida, militiamen kill 9

  Yemini security officials say clashes in the south between al-Qaida and pro-government fighters have killed nine. The officials said Sunday that ... 

• Yemen clashes between al-Qaida, militiamen kill 4

  Yemen's Defense Ministry says clashes in the south between al-Qaida and pro-government fighters have killed four. A ministry statement on Friday says ... 

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  Yemen secessionist calls for independence of south

  A member of the Yemeni al-Harak secessionist movement won applause at a landmark national dialogue on Tuesday by declaring that the south has the ... 

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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 ... 

• Saudi border guards arrest 4,360 infiltrators

  A Saudi official says in a single month, border guards have arrested more than 4,000 infiltrators on the Yemen border, most of them looking for work. 

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  UK hosts Friends of Yemen meeting in London

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday that any attempt to disrupt elections in Yemen will be met with a "serious" response from the U. 

• 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, ... 

• Activists: Security forces kill Yemeni protester

  Activists and health officials say a protester has been killed in clashes in southern Yemen between security forces and protesters who want ... 

• Yemeni al-Qaida posts new issue of online magazine

  Yemen's al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula — considered to be the terror network's most dangerous branch — is urging for holy war in a new edition of ... 

• Tens of thousands of Yemenis demand Saleh trial

  Tens of thousands of Yemenis held mass rallies in the capital and across the country calling for the prosecution of ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh, ... 

• Yemen's ousted leader urges 'forgiveness'

  In his first public speech in more than 18 months, Yemen's ousted autocratic leader Ali Abdullah Saleh pleaded for "forgiveness of the past" on ... 

• Bystander killed in southern Yemen clashes

  Security and health officials say a bystander has been shot dead in clashes in southern Yemen between protesters and the military. Officials say the ... 

• Kidnapped Austrian says his captors demand ransom

  An Austrian man held hostage in Yemen for two months has appealed to his government to save his life, saying his captors would kill him in a week if ... 

• 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 ...