Yemen executes barber for rape, death of 11-year-old who came to his shop for haircutSAN’A, Yemen — The Yemen news agency reports that a barber has been publicly executed after he was found guilty of raping and killing an 11-year-old boy who came to his shop for a haircut. Yemeni authorities say parts of plane wreckage recovered off Comoros islandsSAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation committee says pieces of wreckage from the passenger jet that crashed off the Comoros islands have been recovered. Yemeni official: Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros islands with 142 passengers, 11 crew on boardSAN’A, Yemen — A passenger jet from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros, and search teams rescued a child from the sea, officials said. Yemeni airport official: Plane that crashed off Comoros had 142 passengers, 11 crew on boardSAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation official says the Yemeni Airbus 310 that crashed off the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean had 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board. Yemeni official: Yemenia Air plane bound for Comoros in Indian Ocean crashesSAN’A, Yemen — A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said. 3 foreign women slain in rugged northern Yemen in al-Qaida-style killingSAN’A, Yemen — Shepherds found the mutilated bodies on Monday of two German nurses and a South Korean teacher who were kidnapped while picnicking in an area of Yemen known as a hideout for al-Qaida. At least 3 kidnapped foreigners have been killed in Yemeni region with strong al-Qaida presenceSAN’A, Yemen — At least three kidnapped foreigners have been killed in a remote Yemeni province, and security officials in the capital on Monday reported another six were also dead. The slayings took place in a region where al-Qaida militants have a strong presence. Foreign hostages found dead in Yemen, al-Qaida suspectedSAN’A, Yemen — At least three kidnapped foreigners have been killed in a remote Yemeni province, and security officials in the capital on Monday reported another six were also dead. The slayings took place in a region where al-Qaida militants have a strong presence. Nine foreigners, including 3 children, kidnapped in Yemen found dead, say officialsSAN’A, Yemen — Nine missing foreigners in Yemen have been murdered, said a Yemeni official Monday, apparently executed by their kidnappers in the impoverished nation in the Arabian peninsula where al-Qaida has a strong presence. 6 other foreigners, including 3 children, kidnapped in Yemen found dead, bringing total to 9SAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni security official says six other missing foreigners, including three children, have been found dead, bringing the total number to nine. Yemeni official says 3 German women hostages found dead, their bodies mutilatedSAN’A, Yemen — Three German women abducted in a group of foreigners last week in Yemen were found dead early Monday, their bodies mutilated, a Yemeni security official said. Yemen accuses Shiite rebel group of kidnapping 9 foreigners, including 7 Germans, in the northSAN’A, Yemen — Yemen accused a Shiite rebel group Sunday of kidnapping nine foreigners, including seven GErmans, in the country’s rugged northern Saada province. Yemen arrests Saudi suspected of providing money to al-Qaida in Yemen, Saudi ArabiaSAN’A, Yemen — Yemeni security forces have arrested a Saudi man suspected of financing Al-Qaida cells in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday. Yemen denies reports that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees will be sent to Saudi ArabiaSAN’A, Yemen — Yemen on Sunday denied reports that it has agreed to a U.S. proposal to transfer almost 100 Yemeni inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison to terrorist rehabilitation centers in Saudi Arabia. Yemen accuses Shiite rebel group of kidnapping 9 foreigners in country’s northSAN’A, Yemen — Yemen accused a Shiite rebel group Sunday of kidnapping nine foreigners in the country’s rugged northern Saada province. Yemeni journalists protest government’s decision to suspend newspapers it says incite unrestSAN’A, Yemen — More than 100 Yemeni journalists held demonstrations Thursday to protest the government’s decision to suspend publication of eight newspapers over the past three days that authorities said helped foment unrest in the country’s south. Yemen suspends 7 publications to block reports of widespread unrest in the southSAN’A, Yemen — Yemen has suspended seven publications — including the nation’s most popular daily on Tuesday — in effort to stifle reporting on an unprecedented wave of deadly rioting sweeping the south. Official: 1 soldier killed in clashes with armed protesters in Yemen’s troubled southSAN’A, Yemen — Armed protesters in Yemen’s troubled south ambushed a military camp Monday, killing one soldier, an official said, as fighting between the government and disaffected tribesmen intensified in this impoverished country on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Qaida’s threat mounts in Yemen amid fears the country could turn into another AfghanistanSAN’A, Yemen — The cave tucked in the remote Saudi mountains near the Yemeni border was clearly a way station for Islamic militants, Saudi police say, pointing to the stock of guns and ammunition, nooks for holding hostages and cameras for filming them. Yemeni forces free hijacked oil tanker, arrest 11 Somali piratesSAN’A, Yemen — Yemeni coast guard forces have freed a hijacked Yemeni oil tanker and arrested 11 Somali pirates, the first time the country has successfully retaken a seized vessel, officials said Monday. 2 sons of Yemeni detainee in Guantanamo die while playing with grenade in their homeSAN’A, Yemen — The two young sons of a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo died when a grenade they were playing with accidentally detonated inside their home, a human rights lawyer and the detainee’s brother said Thursday. |