Armed tribesmen on Monday kidnapped two Egyptian engineers of a cement factory in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, a security official told Xinhua.
The tribesmen abducted the two Egyptians working for a local cement factory to pressure the government to release a jailed member of their tribe (...)
Egyptian Ambassador to Yemen Ashraf Akl and Egyptian Consul in Aden Haddad El-Gohary are coordinating with the Yemeni government to secure the release of two Egyptian nationals who were abducted on Monday in the Abyan governorate by members of a Yemeni tribe.
The tribe abducted the Egyptians to put (...)
A Yemeni security official says tribal gunmen have kidnapped two Egyptian technicians working in a cement factory in the south.
The official said the tribesmen abducted the two on Monday in Abyan province and took them to an unknown destination at gunpoint.
The security official, who spoke on (...)
Yemen, the only country where an Arab Spring revolt led to a negotiated settlement, on Monday launches a UN-backed national dialogue aimed at drawing the state's divisive players towards a reconciliation.
The talks are being boycotted by hardline southern factions who staged a general strike and (...)
Yemeni security forces have acted in contravention of international human rights standards by opening fire on peaceful pro-secession protesters today in the south, resulting in four deaths and dozens of injured, said Amnesty International today.
Security forces used firearms and tear gas killing (...)
The U.N. Security Council warned Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the possibility of facing sanctions for undermining the political transition in the country.
Yemen's interim President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi last week set March 18 as the date for the long-awaited talks to push forward (...)
Not far from the capital Sanaa, in a small house rented by an alleged security man, Al-Qaeda was implementing assassinations against military and security officials, through a cell that was arrested early Monday, after a total of 66 military and security officials were assassinated during 2012.
Two (...)
Egyptian Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Khaled Al Azhary, has received a report from Akram Mohamed Badawy, Yemeni Manpower Advisor, over the conditions of the Egyptian labor in Yemen during 2012.
The report encompassed the volume of the Egyptian labor in Yemen, about 6000 workers. It (...)
Deutsche Bank's Middle East Foundation announced today its partnership with Save the Children by supporting its Animate-It Workshops project in United Arab Emirates and the Food Vouchers System Initiative in Yemen.
Animation is a peaceful method for children to tell their stories especially for (...)
A recent study of the Yemeni economy by economist Ahmed Shamak has revealed that Yemen has lost some $22 billion since the country's 2011 revolution, with the losses being the direct or indirect result of the political unrest in the country, writes Nasser Arrabyee.
The bill includes damage done to (...)
SANA'A: A visiting United Nations envoy on Thursday secured commitments by the authorities in Yemen to end the recruitment and use of children in the country's armed forces.
“I am heartened by the pledge from President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi and others in Government to end the recruitment and use of (...)
Gunmen in Yemen opened fire on the car of a Saudi Arabian army officer working with his embassy's military section on Wednesday, killing him and his Yemeni bodyguard, officials from both countries said.
Yemeni officials said the Saudi officer, who had diplomatic status, was traveling to the embassy (...)
Two Saudi Arabian border guards were killed on Monday in an ambush in Sharoura in the far south of the country near its border with Yemen, the interior ministry said.
A ministry spokesman had no further details for the time being but that a statement would issued later in the day.
Saudi Arabia (...)
The Yemeni chief of security at the US embassy in Sanaa has been assassinated, security officials have said.
Qassem Aqlani, who was reportedly in his fifties, was shot dead while on his way to work early on Thursday. A gunman on a motorcycle reportedly opened fire at him and fled the scene.
Aqlani (...)
Yemeni security officials say a strike by a suspected U.S. drone has hit two cars in which al-Qaida-linked militants were traveling in a southern province, killing at least five of them.
The officials said all five known to have been killed in the late Thursday morning strike in Shabwa province (...)
أنطلقت منذ ساعات قليلة فعاليات الدورة اﻷولي من مهرجان اﻷقصر للسينما المصرية واﻷوروبية في مدينة اﻷقصر بجنوب مصر، وأفتتح الفيلم اﻹنجليزي "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" فعاليات المهرجان أمس في حضور النجم عمرو واكد أحد أبطال العمل، بجانب منتجه بول وبستر الذي سيتم تكريمه اليوم عن مسيرته الفنية الطويلة (...)
ساعات قليلة وتنطلق فعاليات الدورة ا?ولي من مهرجان ا?قصر للسينما المصرية وا?وروبية في مدينة ا?قصر بجنوب مصر، ويفتتح الفيلم ا?نجليزي "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" فعاليات المهرجان اليوم في حضور النجم عمرو واكد أحد أبطال العمل، بجانب منتجه بول وبستر الذي سيتم تكريمه اليوم عن مسيرته الفنية الطويلة الذي (...)
An air strike by an unmanned drone killed five suspected members of Al-Qaeda in eastern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said.
"Five Qaeda members were killed in the raid" that targeted a house in the village of Al-Ain in Hadramawt province, the official said, requesting anonymity.
He said (...)
First they came for work, then they were arrested, reportedly abused and thrown in jail. Now, Ethiopian and Eritrean asylum seekers are living on the streets of Yemen, with nowhere to go and little assistance.
Last year, the refugees staged an 11-month demonstration in front of the UN refugee (...)
SANA'A: Odai is recovering from severe malnutrition. At 4 years and 10 months old, he weighs a mere 10 kg.
He had experienced bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea for weeks. Eleven days ago, his grandmother, Katiba, brought him to the therapeutic feeding clinic at Sana'a Sabeen Hospital.
“I thought he (...)
SANA'A, Yemen — A suicide bomber assassinated Yemen's army commander leading the fight against al-Qaeda in the country's south, the Defense Ministry said, just days after the military had made major gains in its campaign to rout militants from their southern strongholds.
Maj. Gen. Salem Ali (...)
Reporters Without Borders condemns the one-year jail sentence and fine of 200,000 ryals (750 euros) that a court in the central province of Al-Bayda imposed on reporter Majed Karout in his absence on 4 June for allegedly posting “lies” about a local official on Facebook. Karout is a correspondent (...)
أعلن الفنان عمرو واكد اليوم عبر صفحته الشخصية بموقع التدوينات الشهير " تويتر" أنه قد انتهى مؤخرا من تصوير مشاهده فى المسلسل الفرنسى "أدوسيه" من انتاج محطة أرتِ وسيعرض في أواخر 2012.
الجدير بالذكر أنها ليست المرة الأولى التى يشارك فيها النجم المصرى فى أعمال عالمية بل شارك أكثر من مرة فى أكثر من (...)
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaeda fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing themilitants out of the area.
The officials say 20 militants and seven soldiers have been killed in fighting (...)
A planned military parade to mark Yemen's National Day is set to go ahead in Yemen, despite a suicide attack during rehearsals for the celebration that left nearly 100 people dead.
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in the centre of the Yemeni capital on Monday, saying that it (...)