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. Al Qaeda financier held in YemenSANAA - Yemeni police have detained a Saudi man suspected to be the main financier of Al Qaeda operations in Yemen and neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the defence ministry said Sunday. 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. Nine foreigners kidnapped in YemenSANA’A - Seven Germans, a British engineer and a South Korean teacher have been kidnapped in the restive northwestern Yemeni province of Saada, the state news agency Saba reported Sunday. Korean, US ships rescue Egyptian ship attacked by piratesSANA’A - A South Korean warship and a US destroyer rescued an Egyptian ship and captured the 17 Somali pirates who attacked it off the coast of Yemen, the US Navy said Thursday. Al Qaeda declares support for uprising in southern YemenSANA’A - The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has declared his group’s support for the revolt by secessionist groups in southern Yemen. 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. Three killed in clashes in YemenSANA’A - Three civilians were killed and seven people were wounded in clashes Saturday between anti-government protesters and security forces in restive southern Yemen, witnesses and local officials said. Gunmen attack police post in Yemen, one killedSANAA - A soldier was killed and 14 were wounded when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in southern Yemen Tuesday, the ruling party said. 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. Yemeni forces kill two Somali piratesSANA’A - Yemeni navy and coast guard forces killed two pirates and injured three in a clash after Somali pirates seized a Yemeni oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden Sunday, coast guard sources said. Struggle for survival: Yemen’s ancient Jewish community feels growing Muslim hostilityKHARIF, Yemen — In this village in northern Yemen, where a kosher butcher slaughters chickens and the school bus carries young boys in side curls along a dirt track to their Hebrew studies, one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Arab world is fighting for its survival. 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. Thirty-five African migrants drown off Yemen coastSANA’A - At least 35 African migrants drowned after a rickety boat carrying 110 people capsized off Yemen’s southeast coast Thursday, police said. Somali pirates hijack Yemeni tugboatSANAA - Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni tugboat in the Indian Ocean and held its seven-member crew hostage Sunday, the interior ministry of Yemen said. Yemen extradites five suspected terrorists to Saudi ArabiaSANA’A - Yemen Saturday extradited to Saudi Arabia five Saudi suspects wanted in their country over links to terrorist activities, security sources said. Yemen detains six Al Qaeda suspectsSANAA - Six suspected Al Qaeda militants have been detained in Yemen on suspicion of plotting attacks against oil facilities in the country and tourists. Yemeni court issues death sentence in spying caseSANA’A - Yemen’s state security court has issued a death sentence in the case of a man accused of spying for Israel. Two other men received jail sentences of three and five years in the same case. Fire breaks out in Yemen oil field, no casualtiesSANAA - A major fire broke out in an oil field operated by the French oil firm Total in southeastern Yemen Sunday, but no casualties or production losses were reported, witnesses said. French Navy rescues 100 migrants in Gulf of AdenSANA’A - A French Navy ship rescued around 100 African migrants, mostly Somalis, on a drifting boat in the Gulf of Aden Saturday, a Yemeni coastguard source said. South Korean convoy in Yemen escapes suicide bomberSANA’A - A group of South Korean government officials and relatives of victims of a suicide bombing in Yemen narrowly escaped an attack themselves Wednesday in the Middle Eastern country. Four tourists, guide killed in Yemen blastSANA’A - Four South Korean tourists and a Yemeni tour guide were killed when a bomb went off near a historical site in southeast Yemen Sunday, police and medics said. 45 migrants die in boat accident off YemenSANA’A - Forty-five Africans drowned after a boat carrying them from Somalia across the Gulf of Aden capsized in deep waters off Yemen, the country’s interior ministry said Saturday. Al Qaeda leader urges Yemeni tribes to fight governmentSANAA - The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi, called on Yemeni tribes Thursday to rebel against the government and to confront security forces pursuing Al Qaeda members in their areas. |