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UN Demands Houthis To Give Up Control Of Yemen

Geann Pineda |

Feb 16, 2015 10:44 AM EST

The United Nations Security Council had demanded Houthi rebels to give up control of Yemen.

U.S. Officials: Embassy Closure Weakened Counterterrorism Efforts In Yemen

Geann Pineda |

Feb 13, 2015 06:03 AM EST

The United States admitted its counterterrorism capability in Yemen has weakened following the shut down of its embassy there.

US Shuts Embassy in Yemen

Marcel Woo |

Feb 11, 2015 12:42 AM EST

The United States has suspended its embassy operation in Sana, the capital of Yemen, due to uncertain security situation in the city, US State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki said.

Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein

McCain And Feinstein Want To Deploy More U.S. Forces To Yemen

Kat De Guzman |

Jan 27, 2015 01:16 AM EST

Two United States Senators are asking U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to send more special operations forces to Yemen and other hotspots in the Middle East as the security condition in those countries start to deteriorate.

Yemen President Reaches Deal with Rebels, Ends Conflict, For Now

Geann Pineda |

Jan 22, 2015 01:45 PM EST

Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has reached a deal with Houthi rebels, ending the conflict that had been gripping the capital for days.

Yemen Al-Qaeda Owns Up to Paris Charlie Hebdo Attack as Hunt for Gunmen Ends in Bloodshed

Vittorio Hernandez |

Jan 09, 2015 10:26 PM EST

Two of the three gunmen responsible for the massacre at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo office in Paris are now dead. French anti-terrorist forces killed Said and Cherif Kouachi on Friday at their hideout in a print shop in Dammartin-en-Goele.

At least 26 killed in Yemen suicide bombing

Jose Mario Fuderanan |

Jan 01, 2015 04:28 AM EST

At least 26 people were killed, including women and children, in suicide bombing in Ibb, Yemen on Wednesday

Wife Of South African Hostage Killed In Yemen Rescue Operation Says She Forgives Her Husband's Killers

Kat De Guzman |

Dec 10, 2014 12:28 AM EST

The wife of the South African hostage, identified as Pierre Korkie, says that she forgives those who were responsible for the death of her husband during an attempted rescue operation in Yemen last Saturday in an effort to rescue the American hostage Luke Somers.

U.S. Ambassador to South AFrica Patrick Gaspard

U.S. Unaware of Negotiations to Free Hostage Killed in Yemen Raid, Says Ambassador

Raymond Legaspi |

Dec 09, 2014 08:54 AM EST

The United States was unaware of negotiations on the supposed imminent release of a South African hostage who was killed in a U.S. raid on Al Qaeda militants in Yemen, the U.S. ambassador in South Africa said on Monday.

Yemen President Names New Prime Minister, Shi'ite Houthis Agrees With Choice

Ren Benavidez |

Oct 14, 2014 09:23 AM EDT

Yemen's president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Monday announced the appointment of a new Prime Minister, a move that was favored by the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group.

Top Saudi Diplomat Criticizes Iran Over Middle East Conflicts

Ren Benavidez |

Oct 14, 2014 12:46 AM EDT

A top Saudi Arabian foreign minister criticized Iran on Monday for being "part of the problem" in efforts to resolve the conflict in the Middle East.

New Yemen PM Quits, Suicide Bombings Kill 67 Hours After

Kat De Guzman |

Oct 10, 2014 12:00 AM EDT

Two separate attacks in Yemen caused by suicide bombers killed at least 67 people on Thursday as they targeted the Shi'ite Houthi group and an army camp, just hours after the new prime minister was forced to step down.

Yemen Rebels Reject Appointed Prime Minister

Bianca Ortega |

Oct 08, 2014 12:00 AM EDT

Yemen rebels on Tuesday rejected the prime minister that tohe president appointed as part of an agreement aimed to prompt Shi'ite Muslim fighters who took control of the capital to leave the city.

Al-Qaeda Suicide Bomber Kills Seven in Yemen

Rafael Ross |

Sep 29, 2014 04:21 PM EDT

At least seven people were killed and many others wounded on a Sunday explosion when a suicide car bomber, believed to have links with al-Qaeda, smashed into a Houthis-controlled hospital in Mareb province, in northeast Yemen.

Saudi’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal

Saudi Arabia Warns Yemen Conflict Could Threaten International Security

Ren Benavidez |

Sep 29, 2014 12:12 AM EDT

The Saudi Arabian government called for immediate action for regarding the instability in Yemen, as it warned its southern neighbor of "unprecedented challenges" that could pose a threat to global security.

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