Yemen

Hijacked, sunk, set ablaze: Yemen rebels' Red Sea attacks

Here are the most significant attacks by the Huthis, who say their campaign is aimed at ships linked to Israel and its Western allies the United States and Britain.

Attacks on Yemen could open Middle East’s pandora’s box

The US and UK strikes in Yemen have only aggravated the possibility of large-scale conflict in the already volatile Middle East.

Analysis / Yemen attacks not seen drawing Iran directly into war

Iraqi militias responded with new threats against US interests, while Washington declared the Gulf state Bahrain among allies that supported the operation, risking the ire of the Houthis who have a powerful arsenal of drones and missiles.

'7 killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital'

A hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike Tuesday killing seven people and wounding eight others, Save the Children said.

Suspected cholera cases spikes in Yemen in 2019: UN

Nearly 110,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in war-hit Yemen since the beginning of January, including 190 related deaths, the UN says.

29 kids killed in Yemen air strike

A strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children yesterday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the attack.

39 combatants killed outside Yemen's Hodeida

Heavy clashes kill 39 combatants outside Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida, as a Saudi and UAE-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub entered its second day.

5 dead, 40 missing in Yemen's Socotra after cyclone

Five people are killed and at least 40 missing on the Yemeni island of Socotra as Cyclone Mekunu pummelled the area before making its way to the Arabian Peninsula's southern coast.

Rebels kill Yemen’s strongman Saleh as alliance collapses

Yemeni rebels have killed their erstwhile ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s former president and strongman, as their forces battled for control of the capital, Sanaa, officials say. The collapse of their alliance throws Yemen’s nearly 3-year-old civil war into unpredictable new chaos.

April 23, 2015
April 23, 2015

IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA

THE airstrikes undertaken by a Saudi-led coalition against targets in Yemen may usher a new phase in one of the longest, most destructive, and most confused conflicts to affect the Middle East and much of the Muslim world: the Saudi-Iranian confrontation.

April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015

Two air strikes in Yemen kill at least 40 people, mostly civilian

Two air strikes in Yemen has killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians and has wounded dozens of others, medical sources said.

April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015

Yemen crisis: 136 more Bangladeshis reach home

A total of 136 more Bangladeshi nationals, who were evacuated from Hodeida, Yemen to Djibouti on 16 April by an Indian Naval Ship, reach Dhaka.

April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015

136 more returning from Yemen tonight

More 136 Bangladeshis returns from Yemen by a special flight of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines tonight.

April 20, 2015
April 20, 2015

29 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen

Twenty nine more Bangladeshi nationals have been evacuated from Sana, the capital of the war-torn Yemen, by International Organization for Migration.

April 19, 2015
April 19, 2015

Yemen evacuation: 337 Bangladeshis reach home

The 337 Bangladeshis, who were evacuated recently from strife-torn Yemen and brought to south Indian port city of Kochi by two ships, reach home. Two special fights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Bangladeshis land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 4:30am and 5:15am.

April 18, 2015
April 18, 2015

Yemen crisis: 337 Bangladeshis to reach Dhaka Sunday

A total of 337 Bangladeshi nationals, who were evacuated from war-torn Yemen last week, are expected to return home Sunday.

April 17, 2015
April 17, 2015

Yemen crisis: 337 Bangladeshis to return home tomorrow

Evacuated last week from war-torn Yemen, 337 Bangladeshis, who were on the way to Cochin port of Kerala in India, will return home by Biman Bangladesh Airlines tomorrow.

April 15, 2015
April 15, 2015

5 more return home from Yemen

Five more Bangladeshi nationals comes back home after being evacuated from war-torn Yemen. This is the third batch of stranded Bangladeshis who came back to the country after evacuation. Twenty-one were brought home earlier.

April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015

Iran puts forward Yemen peace plan

Iran proposes a peace plan for Yemen and called for an end to Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebels allied to Tehran, but the move was likely to draw a cool response from Riyadh.