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 11, 2015
April 11, 2015

10 more returning home from Yemen

10 more Bangladeshis who were stranded in war-torn Yemen are due to arrive in Dhaka from Djibouti this evening.

April 11, 2015
April 11, 2015

Saudi authorities catch police shooting suspect

Saudi Arabia's security services have detained a Saudi Arabian man on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and wounding two others.

April 10, 2015
April 10, 2015

11 Bangladeshis, stranded in Yemen, arrive home

The first group of 11 Bangladesh nationals who were stranded in Yemen arrive in Dhaka from Djibouti in an Emirates flight.

April 10, 2015
April 10, 2015

272 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen: Indian HC

Bangladesh has so far evacuated 272 Bangladesh nationals, including five women and five children, with the assistance of an Indian ship.

April 9, 2015
April 9, 2015

13 Bangladeshis returning home from Yemen

Thirteen Bangladeshi nationals, who took temporary shelter in Africa’s Djibouti after evacuation from the war-torn country Yemen, are returning tonight.

April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015

9 more Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen

Some more stranded Bangladeshis will be taken to Djibouti from the war-torn Yemen today.

April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015

Yemen conflict: US boosts arms for Saudi-led coalition

US says it is speeding up weapons deliveries to a Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels who have taken up arms against the government in Yemen.

April 7, 2015
April 7, 2015

16 more Bangladeshis to be evacuated from Yemen

India evacuates 16 more Bangladesh nationals from Sana'a, the capital of war-torn Yemen, to African nation Djibouti.

April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015

Yemen conflict: Red Cross to send aid flights to Sanaa

International Committee of the Red Cross is due to make two emergency aid flights into Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

April 5, 2015
April 5, 2015

3 Bangladeshis taken to Djibouti from Yemen

Three Bangladeshi expatriates who were stranded in war-torn Yemen reach Djibouti from Aden yesterday by an Indian ship, a foreign ministry official says.