Yemen

Saudi-led strikes on Yemen detention centre killed 60

Saudi-led coalition air strikes on rebel-held security buildings in Yemen`s west, including a detention centre, killed 60 people, an official said on Sunday.

Oct 30, 2016, 10:34 AM IST

Coalition air strikes kill over 30 Yemen rebels, inmates

A number of rebels inside the building were killed in the attack.

Oct 30, 2016, 07:05 AM IST

Yemen president rejects UN peace proposal: Presidency source

Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi on Saturday rejected a peace proposal presented to him by UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, a presidency source told AFP.

Oct 29, 2016, 18:34 PM IST

Saudi-led coalition air strikes kill at least 10 Yemen civilians

Saudi-led coalition air strikes killed at least 10 civilians in a battleground town south-east of Yemen`s third city Taez on Saturday, the rebels, a medic and a loyalist official said.

Oct 29, 2016, 17:27 PM IST

Bomb-laden car explodes near central bank in Yemen's Aden: Sources

A car laden with explosives blew up near the headquarters of Yemen`s central bank in the southern city of Aden on Saturday and five people were injured, local security sources said.

Oct 29, 2016, 15:02 PM IST

US strike in Yemen kills five Qaeda members: officials

The October 21 strike occurred in a remote area of Marib Governorate in war-torn Yemen, the US military`s Central Command said in a statement.

Oct 27, 2016, 03:53 AM IST

Saudi-led coalition denies Yemen `blockade`

The Saudi-led coalition denied Tuesday it had imposed a "blockade" on Yemen, saying instead that it was controlling access to the country to prevent pro-Iran rebels from obtaining arms.

Oct 25, 2016, 19:07 PM IST

US general visits Saudi amid Yemen bombing concerns

The head of US military operations in the Middle East wrapped up an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia Tuesday, amid mounting friction over the kingdom`s bombing campaign in neighbouring Yemen.

Oct 25, 2016, 14:06 PM IST

Fighting rages in Yemen despite truce

Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in support of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi also bombed suspected Huthi rebel east of Sanaa.

Oct 22, 2016, 22:47 PM IST

Yemen truce comes into effect under UN plan

There was heavy fighting in Yemen hours before the truce began.
 

Oct 20, 2016, 05:04 AM IST

Yemen President agrees to 72-hour truce: FM

The conflict in Yemen has killed almost 6,900 people, wounded more than 35,000 and displaced at least three million since March last year.

Oct 18, 2016, 00:31 AM IST

US, Britain and UN demand Yemen ceasefire within days

UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said: "We are here to call for an immediate cessation of hostilities."

Oct 16, 2016, 22:07 PM IST

Saudi-led coalition says it `wrongly targeted` Yemen funeral

The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemeni rebels said on Saturday that one of its warplanes had "wrongly targeted" a funeral in the capital Sanaa that killed more than 140 people, and announced disciplinary proceedings.

Oct 15, 2016, 16:42 PM IST

Pentagon strikes Yemen after missile attacks on US Navy ship

The strikes authorized by President Barack Obama represent Washington's first direct military action against Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen's conflict.  

Oct 13, 2016, 09:08 AM IST

Pentagon says will respond, in time, to missile attacks on ship

The Pentagon said it would respond "at the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner" after a new, attempted missile attack on a U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, the second such incident in four days.

Oct 13, 2016, 02:04 AM IST

1,000 Ethiopian migrants escape detention centre in south Yemen

Around 1,000 Ethiopian migrants escaped a detention centre in south Yemen on Wednesday with the help of their guards, a security official said.

Oct 12, 2016, 23:33 PM IST

Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles fired from Yemen

The Saudi Arabian air defence on Wednesday intercepted two ballistic missiles fired from Yemen.

Oct 12, 2016, 15:52 PM IST

Saudi forces down missile fired by Yemen's Houthis: Report

Saudi air defence forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen`s Houthi militia toward Khamees Mushait city in the kingdom`s southwest on Tuesday night, a Saudi-led coalition said in a statement carried by the state news agency SPA.

Oct 12, 2016, 11:36 AM IST

Arab coalition intercepts Yemen missiles: Saudi media

An Arab coalition intercepted two missiles fired by Yemen`s Houthi group at targets in Saudi Arabia and Yemen`s Marib province on Sunday, Saudi Arabian official media reported.

Oct 10, 2016, 14:33 PM IST

Missiles fired from Yemen fall short of US warship: Navy

Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen fell short of a US warship patrolling the Red Sea off the coast of the war-torn country, the US navy said Monday.

Oct 10, 2016, 13:31 PM IST