Sanaa Protest

A bomb exploded outside the republican palace in the Yemeni capital Sanaaon today and wounded three Shi'ite Muslim militiamen guarding it, eyewitnesses said.

Yemen's powerful Shiite militia fired in the air and made arrests on Wednesday for the third time this week to prevent a rally in Sanaa against their tightening grip on the capital, witnesses said.

Shiite militia fired warning shots today to disperse a protest against their takeover of the Yemeni capital that has plunged the country into turmoil, witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Yemen against the Shiite rebels who hold the capital amid a power vacuum in the country.

Yemeni police on Tuesday opened fire on Shiite protesters marching toward the prime minister's office in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least four people and wounding 10, officials said.

Yemen's government offered on Saturday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies in an attempt to end protests by the Shi'ite Houthi movement, a government source told Reuters.

Tens of thousands of people joined an anti-government rally in Sanaa on Monday in response to a call by Shiite rebel commander Abdulmalik al-Huthi, an AFP journalist reported.

Yemeni police on Thursday shot dead a protester in renewed confrontations outside the US embassy in Sanaa, shortly after ejecting crowds that stormed the mission's compound, a security official said.

The protests over an anti-Islam film have turned violent in Yemen where the protesters have stormed the US embassy in Sanaa.

Fighting raged on Saturday in the Yemeni capital, leaving at least 40 dead as forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled pro-opposition soldiers and moved to clear the protest camp at a Sanaa square that has been the epicenter of the country's uprising.

More than 100 people were injured and one was killed in Yemen on Sunday as police and government supporters attacked protesters in the capital Sanaa, a day after security forces killed at least seven demonstrators in protests around the country.The protesters were camping near Sanaa University, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down,...

Authorities flooded the streets of Yemen's capital with 2,000 police Wednesday to try to put down days of Egypt-style demonstrations against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al-Qaida.The policemen, including plainclothes officers, fired in the air and blocked thousands of students at Sanaa University from joining thousands of ...

A bomb exploded outside the republican palace in the Yemeni capital Sanaaon today and wounded three Shi'ite Muslim militiamen guarding it, eyewitnesses said.

Yemen's powerful Shiite militia fired in the air and made arrests on Wednesday for the third time this week to prevent a rally in Sanaa against their tightening grip on the capital, witnesses said.

Shiite militia fired warning shots today to disperse a protest against their takeover of the Yemeni capital that has plunged the country into turmoil, witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Yemen against the Shiite rebels who hold the capital amid a power vacuum in the country.

Yemeni police on Tuesday opened fire on Shiite protesters marching toward the prime minister's office in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least four people and wounding 10, officials said.

Yemen's government offered on Saturday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies in an attempt to end protests by the Shi'ite Houthi movement, a government source told Reuters.

Tens of thousands of people joined an anti-government rally in Sanaa on Monday in response to a call by Shiite rebel commander Abdulmalik al-Huthi, an AFP journalist reported.

Yemeni police on Thursday shot dead a protester in renewed confrontations outside the US embassy in Sanaa, shortly after ejecting crowds that stormed the mission's compound, a security official said.

The protests over an anti-Islam film have turned violent in Yemen where the protesters have stormed the US embassy in Sanaa.

Fighting raged on Saturday in the Yemeni capital, leaving at least 40 dead as forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled pro-opposition soldiers and moved to clear the protest camp at a Sanaa square that has been the epicenter of the country's uprising.

More than 100 people were injured and one was killed in Yemen on Sunday as police and government supporters attacked protesters in the capital Sanaa, a day after security forces killed at least seven demonstrators in protests around the country.The protesters were camping near Sanaa University, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down,...

Authorities flooded the streets of Yemen's capital with 2,000 police Wednesday to try to put down days of Egypt-style demonstrations against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al-Qaida.The policemen, including plainclothes officers, fired in the air and blocked thousands of students at Sanaa University from joining thousands of ...