US Navy ship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen: US military
A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, a U.S. military spokesman told Reuters, saying the two missiles failed to hit the ship.
Oct 10, 2016, 11:25 AM IST
Arab coalition says to probe Yemen funeral carnage
The attack could further sour US-Saudi ties already strained over the coalition`s military intervention.
Arab coalition to join US in investigating Yemen raid that killed 140 at funeral hall
The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said Sunday it is ready to investigate together with the United States an air strike on a funeral ceremony in Sanaa that killed more than 140 people.
Oct 09, 2016, 12:50 PM IST
US launches immediate review of Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
The United States said Saturday it had launched an "immediate review" of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, blamed for an air strike that killed more than 140 people.
Oct 09, 2016, 08:34 AM IST
Over 140 killed in air strikes on Yemen funeral: UN
The UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, said aid workers were "shocked and outraged" by the attacks that hit a community hall in Sanaa.
Oct 09, 2016, 06:09 AM IST
Saudi-led coalition airstrike hits Yemen funeral, kills 82
A senior health official in Yemen says an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition that targeted a funeral hall packed with mourners has killed at least 82 people.
Oct 08, 2016, 23:16 PM IST
'Smashed cranes' slow aid flow to Yemen: UN aid chief
"Smashed cranes" at Yemen`s rebel-held Hodeida port are hindering the entry of relief supplies to ease a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country, the UN aid chief said Wednesday.
Oct 06, 2016, 00:38 AM IST
Franco-Tunisian woman hostage in Yemen freed and taken to Oman: Officials
A Franco-Tunisian Red Cross woman staffer kidnapped in Yemen almost a year ago was freed on Monday and taken to Muscat, the Omani foreign ministry said.
Oct 04, 2016, 01:39 AM IST
Hospitals under `unprecedented` attack in war zones: MSF
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has hit out at the "unprecedented" number of attacks on medical facilities in Syria and Yemen, a year after the deadly bombing of its hospital in Afghanistan killed 42 people.
Oct 03, 2016, 02:45 AM IST
Saudi soldier killed, 3 civilians hurt by Yemeni shells
Shelling from Yemeni rebels killed a Saudi border guard and wounded three civilians including a Bangladeshi, the interior ministry said on Friday.
Sep 30, 2016, 15:47 PM IST
Houthi official in Yemen offers border truce, amnesty
A top official in Yemen`s armed Houthi movement on Sunday offered to stop attacks on Saudi Arabia and an amnesty for Yemeni fighters opposing the group if the kingdom stopped air strikes and lifted a near blockade on the country.
Sep 26, 2016, 09:09 AM IST
Senior Yemeni rebel leader killed on border: Coalition source
Hassan Almalsi, head of Huthi rebel "special forces", was killed two days earlier "during an infiltration attempt along with his squad at Najran", which borders Yemen, said the source yesterday who asked for anonymity.
Sep 25, 2016, 07:16 AM IST
Death toll from Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen reaches 32
Sami Motair, a medical official at al-Thawra hospital in Hodeidah, told The Associated Press that scores of bodies were buried under at least three houses that the missiles hit in a neighborhood known as Indians Alley.
Sep 23, 2016, 02:13 AM IST
Yemen exile government returns to Aden
Government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition had pushed Shiite rebels and their allies out of Aden and four other southern provinces in the summer.
Sep 22, 2016, 21:56 PM IST
Saudi-led raids kill 20 civilians in Yemen rebel port: Official
The raids hit the Suq al-Hunod district of the Red Sea port, the official told AFP.
Sep 22, 2016, 12:42 PM IST
Senate votes to back USD 1 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia
Senators who supported the sale said the United States can't deny its Middle East allies the weapons they need to combat Islamic State extremists and check Iran's aggression in the region.
Sep 22, 2016, 04:42 AM IST
17 dead as Yemen loyalists battle rebels for strategic heights
Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels for control of the heights overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait has left 17 combatants dead, the loyalist commander said today.
Sep 21, 2016, 19:42 PM IST
Gunmen detain US national in Yemen's rebel-held capital
Gunmen posing as security forces on Tuesday detained a US national in the Yemeni capital where he runs an English-language school, witnesses said.
Sep 21, 2016, 02:56 AM IST
15 fighters killed in southwest Yemen: Military sources
At least 12 rebels and three pro-government fighters were killed in fierce battles in southwestern Yemen today, military sources said.
Sep 15, 2016, 00:48 AM IST
Drone strike kills 5 Qaeda suspects in Yemen
A drone strike in central Yemen has killed five al-Qaeda suspects, security officials and a tribal chief said on Wednesday.
Sep 14, 2016, 16:45 PM IST
