Yemen troops, separatists clash with UN talks in peril AFP
The separatist Southern Movement suspended its participation in UN-sponsored talks raising fresh tensions in Yemen, as nine soldiers were wounded today in a clash with separatist fighters.
The clash coincided with a drone attack that killed three suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, tribal sources said.
An official in the southern province of Lahij said the separatists opened fire ....More
Yemen, Iran sign MoU in air transport field Saba
The Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) of Yemen and Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) signed on Saturday in Tehran a memorandum of understanding in the field of air transport.
The MoU gives both Yemen Airways and Iranian Mahan Air companies the right to operate 14 flights a week between the two countries in each direction for each company, and will come into force from the....More
" There is a danger on Yemen's unity" Turkish envoy Hashem Altoromah -Munir Alhemyari
A western envoy praised the political transition in Yemen saying " the political transition is going on in the right path and Yemen's transition is unique among the other cases of similar processes".
In an exclusive interview with Yemen Fox website , His Excellency , the Turkish Ambassador Fazli Corman noted that the September events in Sana'a, actually ....More
Fears of all-out civil war in Yemen as rebels eye oil-rich province HUGH NAYLOR AND CAROL J. WILLIAMS
The Shiite insurgents who have toppled Yemen's government are threatening to take over a key oil-producing province to the east of the capital, triggering fears that the country could explode in all-out civil war.
The rebels, known as Houthis, have already seized much of the country's north with relative ease. But they are likely to encounter stiff resistance if t....More
Barcelona president suggests Real behind Neymar court case Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu insinuated that bitter enemies Real Madrid had a part to play in the Neymar transfer court case in which he has been called to give evidence.
“We have done nothing wrong and we will keep saying the truth. The signing of Neymar took place using the most prestigious lawyers,” Bartomeu told Spanish television.
”Other clubs wanted to sign Neym....More
Father of murdered Jordan pilot demands revenge Safi al-Kassasbeh says Jordan's execution of two al-Qaeda-linked prisoners is not sufficient to avenge his son's death.
The father of a Jordanian fighter pilot who was burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has demanded from Jordan a harsh and swift revenge for his son's murder.
Speaking to Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Safi al-Kassasbeh said that the execution of two al-....More
Head of UK’s Iraq war inquiry defends report delay Long delays in the publication of Britain's official inquiry into the Iraq war were unavoidable due to its complexity, the head of the inquiry, former civil servant John Chilcot, told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
Announced in 2009, the report investigating the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and its aftermath was expected to take a year but last month Chilcot said there was "no realistic....More
Mum Who Glued Daughter To Wall Gets 99 Years US woman who admitted beating her two-year-old daughter and gluing her hands to a wall because of potty training problems has been sentenced to 99 years in jail.
Elizabeth Escalona had pleaded guilty in July to causing injury to her toddler Jocelyn Cedillo.
Prosecutors had sought 45 years behind bars - but the state district judge chose to impose an even stiffer sentence.
"Only a monster glue....More
Call to protect Arabian leopards in Yemen Wildlife conservationists have raised alarm over the dwindling number of Arabian leopards in Yemen after pictures surfaced in local media of poachers
flaunting their kill.
In July, photos of armed young men dragging three dead leopards in the Al Shouaib region were circulated in the local press. “This is a tragic case of
ignorance that threatens the remaining endangered species of wild Arabi....More
