Yemen Protesters Killed

Five protesters were wounded as Yemeni police stopped southern separatists from marching towards the governorate building in the south's main city of Aden on Sunday, activists and medics said.

Yemeni police shot dead seven Shiite rebel activists on Tuesday when they opened fire on hundreds of protesters attempting to storm government headquarters, a protest organiser said.

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.

At least 12 people were killed in fierce overnight clashes between army-backed Yemeni tribes and Shiite Huthi rebels pressing a protest campaign against the government, tribal sources said on Saturday.

The Yemen-based branch of Al Qaeda urged Muslims on Saturday to step up protests and kill US diplomats in Muslim countries over a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad which it said was another chapter in the "crusader wars" against Islam.

Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related violence earlier in the week.

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.

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.

Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid confederation seizing buildings in neighbourhoods in t...

A massive demonstration against Yemen's government turned into a killing field Friday as snipers methodically fired down on protesters from rooftops and police made a wall of fire with tires and gasoline, blocking a key escape route.At least 46 people died, including some children, in an attack that marked a new level of brutality in President Ali ...

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,...

Two protesters were reportedly killed and around 11 were wounded on Tuesday evening when supporters of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire in front of the Saana University.Government supporters swinging clubs tried to drive anti-government protesters from a square in Yemen's capital late on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied across ...

Five protesters were wounded as Yemeni police stopped southern separatists from marching towards the governorate building in the south's main city of Aden on Sunday, activists and medics said.

Yemeni police shot dead seven Shiite rebel activists on Tuesday when they opened fire on hundreds of protesters attempting to storm government headquarters, a protest organiser said.

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.

At least 12 people were killed in fierce overnight clashes between army-backed Yemeni tribes and Shiite Huthi rebels pressing a protest campaign against the government, tribal sources said on Saturday.

The Yemen-based branch of Al Qaeda urged Muslims on Saturday to step up protests and kill US diplomats in Muslim countries over a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad which it said was another chapter in the "crusader wars" against Islam.

Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related violence earlier in the week.

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.

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.

Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid confederation seizing buildings in neighbourhoods in t...

A massive demonstration against Yemen's government turned into a killing field Friday as snipers methodically fired down on protesters from rooftops and police made a wall of fire with tires and gasoline, blocking a key escape route.At least 46 people died, including some children, in an attack that marked a new level of brutality in President Ali ...

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,...

Two protesters were reportedly killed and around 11 were wounded on Tuesday evening when supporters of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire in front of the Saana University.Government supporters swinging clubs tried to drive anti-government protesters from a square in Yemen's capital late on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied across ...