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  • Yemenis inspect the damage of a building hit by a rocket during clashes between Shiite Huthi rebels and fighters from the Popular Resistance Committees, loyal to Yemen's fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, in the third city of Taez, on October 21, 2015. At least 22 civilians were killed and several others wounded as suspected rebel rockets crashed into the central Yemeni city of Taiz, according to medics and military officials. Picture: AFP.

    40 Yemeni fishermen killed in Saudi-led strikes

    The strikes killed several fishermen who live on the islands and destroyed several fishing boats.

    2408 days ago
  • Yemenis inspect the damage of a building hit by a rocket during clashes between Shiite Huthi rebels and fighters from the Popular Resistance Committees, loyal to Yemen's fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, in the third city of Taez, on October 21, 2015. At least 22 civilians were killed and several others wounded as suspected rebel rockets crashed into the central Yemeni city of Taiz, according to medics and military officials. Picture: AFP.

    Heavy fighting breaks out in Yemen’s Taiz city, ICRC says situation is ‘dire’

    Taiz has suffered huge destruction since becoming a main battleground in the conflict.

    2410 days ago
  • FILE: Monday’s air strike came a day after helicopters from the Saudi-led coalition struck houses in a village in northern Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, most of them civilians. Picture: Screengrab.

    At least 27 dead in air strike on wedding party in Yemen

    A local resident said 12 women, 8 children & seven men died in the air strike, which struck two tents.

    2434 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab shows people carrying an injured child in Yemen after Saudi-led air strikes in an ongoing war between the two countries.

    29 killed in Yemen suicide bombings

    The Houthis Ansarullah group’s website said at least 29 people were killed in the attack.

    2438 days ago
  • FILE: About 20 million people or 80 percent of the population, are estimated to be going hungry. Picture: Leanne de Bassompierre/EWN

    UN: Yemen peace talks set to resume next week

    The UN has welcomed the commitment of Yemen’s government and the Houthis to join the talks.

    2451 days ago
  • FILE: Pierre Korkie's widow Yolande Korkie.  Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Yolande Korkie hears for the first time how she was freed

    Yolande Korkie was released after Gift of the Givers' office manager in Yemen negotiated her freedom.

    2471 days ago
  • FILE: No one claimed responsibility for the blast in Aden. Picture: AFP.

    Deadly blast, Islamic State raid hit Yemen's government

    It's reported a bomb exploded next to the governor's office in Aden and killed four people.

    2473 days ago
  • FILE. Washington has changed its stance on Islamist extremist group Isis, in January the US didn't view them as a threat eclipsing Al Qaeda, recent events however have resulted in a turn around. Picture Supplied.

    Nigerian gets 22 years in US prison for helping al-Qaeda affiliate

    Lawal Babafemi (35) pleaded guilty to providing material support to the foreign terrorist organisation.

    2480 days ago
  • FILE: Some 4,345 people have been killed and 22,110 injured since March 19, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, citing figures from Yemeni health care facilities. Picture: AFP.

    Aid groups: Yemen 'crumbling' from war, sieges causing starvation

    Intense fighting & import restrictions have severely impaired health care, says ICRC President Peter Maurer.

    2482 days ago
  • FILE: In recent years tribesmen have taken foreigners hostage to press the government to provide them with services or to free jailed relatives. Picture: Facebook

    French hostage freed in Yemen

    Isabelle Prime has been released after spending five months in captivity.

    2486 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition in May 2015, in the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    UN envoy to Yemen: warring parties more open to peace plan

    The United Nations says nearly 2,000 civilians have been killed in the war to date.

    2489 days ago
  • FILE: Yemeni supporters of the separatist Southern Movement gets into position during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels on 4 April, 2015 in the Mansura district of the the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. Picture: AFP

    Yemen forces seize Aden airport in sudden advance

    The airport and some city districts were captured from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday.

    2509 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Houthi attack sets refinery ablaze in Yemen

    The mortar barrage hit three full storage tanks, in an incident sure to add to the fuel crisis.

    2510 days ago
  • FILE: A flag of the United Nations floats at their Geneva offices. Picture: AFP.

    UN: Yemen's warring factions agree to humanitarian truce

    The pause in the fighting will last about a week until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

    2514 days ago
  • FILE: Sunni Saudi Arabia says it is bombing the Houthis to protect the Yemeni state. Picture: AFP.

    Air strikes, ground combat in Yemen killed nearly 200

    The United Nations has been pushing for a halt to air raids and intensified fighting that began in March.

    2517 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on May 11, 2015, in the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Air strikes kill 15 in Yemen attacks

    The dead included five women and two children in attacks on Saada and Marib provinces.

    2533 days ago
  • This file photo shows a still frame grab taken on April 16, 2014 from a video released on March 29, 2014 by Al-Malahem Media, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), of AQAP chief Nasir al-Wuhayshi allegedly addressing scores of jihadists at an undisclosed location in Yemen. US officials are reportedly working to confirm claims that Al-Qaeda's top leader in Yemen, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, was killed in a CIA drone strike last week, as the country's warring factions prepare for a second day of peace talks in Geneva on June 16, 2015. Picture: AFP

    Yemeni al-Qaeda chief killed in US bombing

    CNN quoted two Yemeni officials as saying the attack that killed Nasser al-Wuhayshi occurred on Friday.

    2538 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Saudi planes strike Yemen's capital ahead of talks

    The talks hosted by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are aimed at finding a political solution.

    2539 days ago
  • Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Saudi Arabia running out of time as options narrow in Yemen

    audi Arabia is running out of options to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s exiled govt to Sanaa.

    2542 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on May 11, 2015, in the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    China pushes again for Yemen ceasefire

    China has repeatedly expressed concern about the fighting in Yemen and called for a political solution.

    2544 days ago
  • FILE: A screebgran picture shows people carrying an injured child in Yemen after Saudi-led air strikes in an ongoing war between the two countries.

    Yemen's exiled president plays down coming peace talks

    President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has long accused Iran of meddling in Yemen’s affairs.

    2546 days ago
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