Yemen

Yemeni Houthis call on U.N. to end Saudi strikes: statement

Yemeni Houthi rebels called on the United Nations on Saturday to seek an end to Saudi Arabian air st...

May 02, 2015 07:29 PM EDT

Russian U.N. envoy: West, Arab states pay 'lip service' on Yemen aid

Russia criticized Western and Arab members of the U.N. Security Council on Friday for paying "lip se...

May 02, 2015 06:41 AM EDT

Saudi king resets succession to cope with turbulent times

Saudi King Salman appointed a new heir and made his young son second in line to rule on Wednesday, a...

Apr 29, 2015 10:15 AM EDT

Iran moves ships, reducing tensions near Yemen: Pentagon's Carter

A flotilla of nine Iranian naval and cargo ships that U.S. officials feared was carrying arms to str...

Apr 25, 2015 06:44 AM EDT

Hostage locations difficult to track - and may be getting harder

The U.S. drone strike that accidentally killed two hostages in Pakistan exposes intelligence shortfa...

Apr 24, 2015 06:02 AM EDT

Iran sees Yemen ceasefire in coming hours: Tasnim news agency

Iran's deputy foreign minister said he was optimistic that a ceasefire in the Yemen conflict would b...

Apr 21, 2015 07:49 AM EDT

Yemen's Houthi fighters have tough record in ground war

It's a nightly exercise in futility: Yemen's Houthis fire rifles at Saudi F-15 jets thundering overh...

Apr 21, 2015 05:58 AM EDT

Yemen's Houthi leader accuses Saudi Arabia of seeking to invade

The leader of Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi militia accused Saudi Arabia on Sunday of plotting to se...

Apr 19, 2015 06:41 PM EDT

Former president defiant as humanitarian toll mounts in Yemen war

Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he would not leave the country, dismissin...

Apr 17, 2015 08:04 PM EDT

U.N. chief urges immediate ceasefire by 'all parties' in Yemen war

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Yemen...

Apr 17, 2015 05:24 AM EDT

New Yemen VP says he hopes to avert Saudi invasion

Yemen's newly-appointed Vice President Khaled Bahah, a widely respected figure named this week to sh...

Apr 16, 2015 06:37 PM EDT

Iran's state TV social media accounts hacked

Iran's Arabic-language state TV network Al Alam said on Sunday its Twitter account had been hacked a...

Apr 12, 2015 05:17 AM EDT

Arab states want U.N. to blacklist former Yemen president's son

Gulf Arab countries and Jordan want the United Nations Security Council to blacklist the son of Yeme...

Apr 08, 2015 06:25 AM EDT

China adds voice to call for Yemen ceasefire

China's foreign ministry added its support on Tuesday to calls for a ceasefire in Yemen, after Russi...

Apr 07, 2015 07:48 AM EDT

Yemen aid shipments still blocked by Saudi-led coalition: Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday three shipments of aid and medical sta...

Apr 04, 2015 06:41 AM EDT

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