Yemen
Al-Qaeda is gone after bin Laden says US official
World
April 28, 2012
Al-Qaeda is gone after bin Laden says US official
Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is "essentially gone"…
Yemen army recaptures center of al-Qaeda-held city
World
April 24, 2012
Yemen army recaptures center of al-Qaeda-held city
SANAA — FBI director Robert Mueller and Yemen's new president pledged to step up the fight against Al-Qaeda Tuesday only hours after government forces fought…
Bin Laden family ‘to leave Pakistan early Wednesday’
World
April 17, 2012
Bin Laden family ‘to leave Pakistan early Wednesday’
Osama bin Laden's family is expected to be deported from Pakistan early Wednesday, their lawyer and an intelligence official said,…
Yemen: Military kills 28 al-Qaeda militants
World
April 13, 2012
Yemen: Military kills 28 al-Qaeda militants
SANAA, Yemen — The Yemeni Defense Ministry said military troops and armed civilians killed 28 al-Qaeda-linked militants in battles on…
Death toll in Yemeni clashes rises from 64 to 127
World
April 10, 2012
Death toll in Yemeni clashes rises from 64 to 127
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni army officials say heavy clashes overnight between the military and Al-Qaeda-linked militants in the south have…
25 killed in southern Yemen army-Islamist clash
World
April 9, 2012
25 killed in southern Yemen army-Islamist clash
ADEN - At least 25 people were killed on Monday when fighters from an al Qaeda-linked group attacked a military…
Yemen: Ex-president’s loyalists attack airport
World
April 7, 2012
Yemen: Ex-president’s loyalists attack airport
SANAA, Yemen — Loyalists of former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh seized the country's main airport Saturday as tanks and…
Yemeni president purges army of ex-regime loyalists
World
April 7, 2012
Yemeni president purges army of ex-regime loyalists
Yemen's newly appointed president fired several old-regime figures and relatives of the former leader in a major shake-up of the…
Yemen army ‘kills 6 Al-Qaeda suspects’
World
April 2, 2012
Yemen army ‘kills 6 Al-Qaeda suspects’
Yemen's army shelled Al-Qaeda hideouts in the southern city of Zinjibar, one of the jihadists' major strongholds, killing six militants,…
Seven troops killed in fresh Yemen attack
World
April 1, 2012
Seven troops killed in fresh Yemen attack
Seven Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack the Defence Ministry blamed on Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday, a day after…