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The coronavirus outbreak has left millions at the mercy of the country’s warring factions, which will not stop fighting, despite an escalating humanitarian emergency. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

First UN ‘mercy flight’ leaves Yemen’s rebel-held Sanaa

Yemeni children in critical need of medical care were evacuated Monday from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in what the United Nations hopes will be the first of more mercy…

Yemen’s Cabinet gives president immunity from prosecution

Yemen’s Cabinet has approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution.

Gun battle erupts after Yemen’s Saleh refuses to go

Gun battle erupts after Yemen’s Saleh refuses to go

A fierce gun battle has broken out between Yemeni police and opposition tribesmen in Sana’a — a day after President Saleh refused to quit office.

Yemeni forces fire into anti-Saleh crowds

Yemeni forces fire into anti-Saleh crowds

Forces loyal to Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot dead two protesters and injured scores in crackdowns on protesters across the country.

Gulf plan offers Yemen’s Saleh 30 days to quit

A Gulf plan to end months of bloody unrest calls for Yemen’s President to step down 30 days after the formation of a unity government.

Yemen tensions on the boil as protests escalate

Opponents of Yemen’s President Saleh stepped up a campaign to force him out on Friday, but Saleh was defiant, urging opposition to join peace talks.

Yemeni forces fire into anti-Saleh crowds

Yemen’s Saleh sues for peace

Yemen’s president urged the opposition to join talks to try to end weeks of turmoil and violence in which three more people were killed on Tuesday.

Fifteen dead in Yemen crackdown

Fifteen dead in Yemen crackdown

Police and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in Yemeni cities on Monday, leaving 15 dead and dozens wounded.

Rivals clash in Yemen protest march

Rivals clash in Yemen protest march

Pro-regime supporters armed with batons and stones on Tuesday waded into anti-government protesters trying to march on Yemen’s presidential palace.

Yemen protests erupt in violence

Yemen protests erupt in violence

Rocks and batons flew in Sana’a on Monday as pro-democracy protesters clashed violently with police and supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Yemen’s ‘Day of Rage’ draws tens of thousands

Yemen’s ‘Day of Rage’ draws tens of thousands

Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in peaceful protests for and against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led "Day of Rage".

Yemeni kidnappers release SA hostages

Yemeni tribesmen have released a South African tourist and her two sons unharmed, a day after they kidnapped them in the southern province of Abyan.

Yemeni tribesmen capture SA woman, two sons

Yemeni tribesmen on Friday kidnapped a South African woman and her two sons in southern Yemen, demanding the release of a relative held by police.

Yemen’s terror dilemma

Soft approach to jihadists starts to backfire as poverty fuels extremism.Ian Black reports.

Yemen mosque rocked by bomb blast

About 15 people were killed and over 60 were wounded when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen’s volatile northern city of Saada on Friday, a security…

In volatile Yemen, tourism is only for ‘adventurers’

Spanish, French and American tourists once filled the winding alleys of Sanaa’s old quarter, drawn by Yemen’s 2 500-year-old history and unique architecture. But a spate of…

Yemen’s tourist sector hit by al-Qaeda attacks

Foreigners wander freely among the handsome stone and baked-brick houses of Sanaa’s Old City, but elsewhere in Yemen al-Qaeda attacks have damaged a fledgling tourism industry…

Eight believed killed as volcano erupts off Yemen

At least eight Yemeni soldiers were killed in a volcanic eruption on an island off the country’s Red Sea coast, the government said on Monday. A Defence Ministry official said…

Suspected al-Qaeda bomb kills tourists in Yemen

Six Spanish tourists and one Yemeni were killed in an attack by a suspected al-Qaeda suicide car bomber in the Yemeni province of Marib on Monday, security sources said. Security…

Yemen recalls Libya, Iran envoys over deadly unrest

Yemen said on Friday it has recalled its ambassadors from both Libya and Iran for consultations over the two countries’ purported backing of Shi’ite rebels fighting against…