US Air Force official: Missile targeting Saudis was Iranian DUBAI: Iran manufactured the ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Shiite rebels toward the Saudi capital and remnants of it bore "Iranian markings," the top US Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday, backing the kingdom's earlier... Women 10 Nov, 2017
Billionaire prince among dozens arrested in Saudi sweep RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has arrested dozens of princes and former officials, including a well-known billionaire with extensive holdings in Western companies, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption probe that further cements control in the hands of its... Women 05 Nov, 2017
Car bomb kills at least 5 Yemeni soldiers in Aden: witnesses ADEN: A suicide car bomber killed at least five soldiers in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, residents and a security official said. The attack took place at a checkpoint outside the main security headquarters in Aden's Khor Maksar... Women 05 Nov, 2017
Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile close to capital RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's air defence forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired from warring Yemen over the capital Riyadh on Saturday, state news agencies reported. The missile was brought down near King Khaled Airport on the northern outskirts... Women 05 Nov, 2017
Air strike near Yemen capital kills seven people: witnesses DUBAI: Warplanes attacked a checkpoint outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing five civilians in a taxi and two armed personnel manning the site, witnesses said. The bombing in the Masajed district about 10 km (six miles) west of... Women 30 Aug, 2017
At least 30 dead as air strike hits hotel in Yemen: Houthis DUBAI: At least 30 people were killed in an air strike that hit a hotel north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, the armed Houthi movement said. Al Jazeera television said dozens of people were killed and wounded in the attack in the... Women 23 Aug, 2017
Four Saudis sentenced to death in Yemen for 2014 beheadings DUBAI: A court in Sanaa has sentenced to death four Saudis convicted of belonging to al Qaeda and beheading 14 Yemeni soldiers in a 2014 attack, according to media run by the Houthis, the northern rebel group in control of Yemen's capital. The... Women 10 Jul, 2017
Twenty five killed in Saudi air strikes on Yemen market: health official DUBAI: At least 25 Yemenis were killed when Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck a market in the northern Saada province, a local health official said on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the 27-month-old conflict. Officials... Women 18 Jun, 2017
Cholera rages across Yemen, one child infected every minute: charity LONDON: A cholera epidemic raging across Yemen is spiralling out of control, with around one child falling sick every minute, an aid agency warned on Wednesday. Thousands of people could die in the coming months with up to 300,000 cases... Environment 14 Jun, 2017
UN chief says Yemen aid conference draws $1.1 in pledges GENEVA: The UN secretary-general says international donors at a Geneva aid conference have pledged $1.1 billion to help beleaguered, war-torn Yemen this year. Antonio Guterres hailed the pledges after wrapping up the daylong meeting Tuesday,... Women 25 Apr, 2017
Thirty-three Somali refugees killed by air strike off Yemen coast DUBAI: Thirty-three Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, the coast guard in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah area and international agencies said. Coast... Women 18 Mar, 2017
UN Security Council to visit 4 countries affected by Boko Haram UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council was heading to West Africa on Wednesday night to examine the threat posed by Boko Haram to the countries most affected by the Islamic extremist group — Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, all four of which also... Women 02 Mar, 2017
