Yemen Unrest

Her bruised eyes still swollen shut, Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, doesn't yet know that her parents, five siblings and uncle were killed when an air strike flattened their home in Yemen's capital.

Government today said it was trying to ascertain reports of at least four Indian nurses being gunned down in Aden city in strife-torn Yemen. "We have seen the reports and are trying to ascertain the details," External Affairs Ministry Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.

An Indian national was killed and three Indians were injured in shelling by Houthi rebels in Saudi Arabia's Jizan province, a media report said.

A Moroccan F-16 warplane taking part in the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen went missing on Sunday, the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said in a statement.

US top diplomat John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Monday hoping to push forward tough nuclear negotiations as they reach the final phase, but also aiming to ease unrest in Yemen.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday on Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen and those who have "influence over them" to come to the negotiating table and end the unrest in the Gulf nation.

Tribesmen on Saturday blew up a major oil pipeline in southeastern Yemen operated by foreign companies, bringing production to a halt, government and industry officials said.

Assailants stabbed a Japanese diplomat repeatedly on Sunday after dragging him from his car in the Yemeni capital.

The following opinion piece was authored by the recently ousted president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. The Dregs of Dictatorship: Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office. The wave of revolutions that toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen last year was certainly cause for hope. But the people of those countri...

The United States insisted on Tuesday it had not yet decided whether to allow Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh into the country for medical treatment.

A Yemeni air force jet mistakenly bombed a bus in a southern city controlled by Islamic militants and suspected Al Qaeda members on Wednesday, killing four people, while clashes between militants and soldiers on the ground left 23 dead on both sides.The bombing came as part of daily government attacks on militants who last month seized Zinjibar, th...

More than 100 influential religious clerics and tribal leaders called for the Yemeni President's ouster and elections to choose a new leader, adding their weight to the Opposition movement seeking to end nearly 33 years of autocratic rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh.The President, who has clung to power despite four months of protests, is undergoing trea...

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...

Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down by year's end but vowed not to hand power to military commanders who have joined the opposition in defections that he branded as an attempted coup, a spokesman said Tuesday.There was no immediate response from the opposition, which has won the loyalty of influential clergy and tribal lead...

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,...

Her bruised eyes still swollen shut, Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, doesn't yet know that her parents, five siblings and uncle were killed when an air strike flattened their home in Yemen's capital.

Government today said it was trying to ascertain reports of at least four Indian nurses being gunned down in Aden city in strife-torn Yemen. "We have seen the reports and are trying to ascertain the details," External Affairs Ministry Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.

An Indian national was killed and three Indians were injured in shelling by Houthi rebels in Saudi Arabia's Jizan province, a media report said.

A Moroccan F-16 warplane taking part in the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen went missing on Sunday, the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said in a statement.

US top diplomat John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Monday hoping to push forward tough nuclear negotiations as they reach the final phase, but also aiming to ease unrest in Yemen.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday on Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen and those who have "influence over them" to come to the negotiating table and end the unrest in the Gulf nation.

Tribesmen on Saturday blew up a major oil pipeline in southeastern Yemen operated by foreign companies, bringing production to a halt, government and industry officials said.

Assailants stabbed a Japanese diplomat repeatedly on Sunday after dragging him from his car in the Yemeni capital.

The following opinion piece was authored by the recently ousted president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. The Dregs of Dictatorship: Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office. The wave of revolutions that toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen last year was certainly cause for hope. But the people of those countri...

The United States insisted on Tuesday it had not yet decided whether to allow Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh into the country for medical treatment.

A Yemeni air force jet mistakenly bombed a bus in a southern city controlled by Islamic militants and suspected Al Qaeda members on Wednesday, killing four people, while clashes between militants and soldiers on the ground left 23 dead on both sides.The bombing came as part of daily government attacks on militants who last month seized Zinjibar, th...

More than 100 influential religious clerics and tribal leaders called for the Yemeni President's ouster and elections to choose a new leader, adding their weight to the Opposition movement seeking to end nearly 33 years of autocratic rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh.The President, who has clung to power despite four months of protests, is undergoing trea...

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...

Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down by year's end but vowed not to hand power to military commanders who have joined the opposition in defections that he branded as an attempted coup, a spokesman said Tuesday.There was no immediate response from the opposition, which has won the loyalty of influential clergy and tribal lead...

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,...