Yemen

At least 22 militants killed in Yemeni fighting

ADEN - At least 22 Islamist militants were killed in overnight clashes and an air strike in southern Yemen, where government troops are fighting rebels linked to al Qaeda, a local official and residents said on Sunday.

Yemen's army says recaptured rebel positions

ADEN - The Yemeni army battled al Qaeda-linked militants deep inside Zinjibar on Saturday, recapturing key positions in the rebel-held southern city and killing at least 62 Islamist fighters, a military official said.

World, 26 May 2012

Saudi envoy kidnapped in Yemen begs king for help

DUBAI - A Saudi Arabian diplomat kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in Yemen urged the Saudi king to meet his captors' demand for the release of women prisoners, in a video message posted on the Internet on Saturday.

World, 26 May 2012

Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen

SANAA - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. | Video

World, 26 May 2012

Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen

SANAA - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said.

World 25 May 2012

UAE may give aid to impoverished Yemen - fin min

ABOARD AL-FAHEDI, SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND - The United Arab Emirates may give aid to Yemen, the OPEC member's finance minister said on Friday, following international efforts to head off a humanitarian disaster and stabilise the impoverished state.

World, 25 May 2012

Suicide bomber kills 12 in northern Yemen

SANAA - A suicide bomber drove into a school in northern Yemen's al-Jawf province where members of a Shi'ite Muslim rebel group had gathered for Friday prayers and killed 12 people, the defence ministry said.

World, 25 May 2012

Suicide bomber kills 9 in northern Yemen

DUBAI - A suicide car bomber killed six members of a Shi'ite Muslim rebel group and three civilians in northern Yemen on Friday, a local official said.

World, 25 May 2012

Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden wives gave little away

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a U.S. raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said.

25 May 2012

Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden wives gave little away

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a U.S. raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said.

World, Osama bin Laden 25 May 2012