SAUDI-LED STRIKES HIT DEFENSE MINISTRY IN YEMEN CAPITAL

The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on the defense ministry in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses and rebel media said, lea... READ MORE›

US AIR FORCE OFFICIAL: MISSILE TARGETING SAUDIS WAS IRANIAN

In the time since, Yemen's rebels have fired over 70 ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' missile defense project... READ MORE›

YEMEN MISSILE FIRED AT SAUDIS APPEARS TO BE MADE IN IRAN

Yemen missile fired at Saudis appears to be made in Iran U.S. military... READ MORE›

UN WARNS OF 'WORLD'S LARGEST FAMINE' IN YEMEN IF SAUDI DOES NOT END BLOCKADEA

The Security Council expressed concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, with 6.8 million people threatened with famine and suspected cholera cases at over 900,000... READ MORE›

YEMENI PRESIDENT HADI 'UNDER HOUSE ARREST' IN RIYADH

Officials tell AP ban prompted by enmity between Hadi and UAE, which is part of Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen war... READ MORE›

YEMENIS DENOUNCE SAUDI SIEGE AS 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT'

Saudi Arabia's decision to close all air, land and sea ports will exacerbate the plight of the poor, Yemenis say... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP BLAMES IRAN AFTER SAUDI ARABIA INTERCEPTS BALLISTIC MISSILE FIRED AT CAPITAL BY YEMEN REBELS

Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired over capital Riyadh by rebels from Yemen, an attack Donald Trump immediately blamed on Iran... READ MORE›

YEMEN REBELS SAY THEY FIRED MISSILE AT SAUDI'S MAIN AIRPORT

Saudi state-run media said the kingdom's air defenses intercepted a missile northeast of Riyadh, with no material damage to the airport... READ MORE›

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IN YEMEN'S WAR, TRAPPED FAMILIES ASK

What can I do? Osama Hassan suffers from severe hunger in Bani Saifan, Yemen... READ MORE›

A CHILD IN YEMEN DIES EVERY 10 MINUTES AS HUMANITARIAN AID FUNDING FALLS SHORT, U.N. SAYS

A broader call for 4.4 billion to address food crises in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria is still unfulfilled... READ MORE›

EMIRATES SECRETLY SENDS COLOMBIAN MERCENARIES TO YEMEN FIGHT

A number of Westerners, including several Americans, live at the camp and serve as trainers for the Latin American troops... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA 'DESTABILISING ARAB WORLD', GERMAN INTELLIGENCE WARNS

Saudi Arabia has previously been accused of supplying arms and funding to jihadist groups fighting in Syria, including Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Isil ... READ MORE›

SCORCHING 'HEAT DOME' OVER MIDDLE EAST SEES TEMPERATURES SOAR TO 165F IN IRAN

But some of the most affluent figures in the Middle East are blissfully unaware of the scorching heat, such as Saudia Arabia's King Salman... READ MORE›

UN BLACKLISTS SAUDI-LED ALLIANCE FOR YEMEN CHILD DEATHS

The blacklist also named the Houthi rebel group, Yemen government forces, pro-government militia and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for violations against children in 2016... READ MORE›

VIDEO SHOWS ST LOUIS POLICE OFFICER TELLING COLLEAGUES TO TURN OFF DASHBOARD CAMERA AS COPS DRAG MAN OUT OF CAR

When traffic stalled for a minute, a khat dealer accosted the visitors' Yemeni interpreter, Shuaib Almosawa, a journalist... READ MORE›

AIR RAID ON YEMEN FUNERAL 'KILLS AT LEAST NINE WOMEN'

Houthi rebels blame Arab coalition for attack on Shiraa village 40km north of capital Sanaa... READ MORE›

AMNESTY: HOUTHI REBELS RECRUIT FIGHTERS AS YOUNG AS 15

UN and Amnesty International demand immediate release of child soldiers in war-torn Yemen... READ MORE›

EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL

Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE›

YEMEN'S WAR WOUNDED FIND COMFORT IN 'BROTHERLY' OMAN

Muscat, Oman - Zainul Abideen was nearly killed by an air strike in Yemen's Saada province earlier this year... READ MORE›

SAUDI INTERVENTION ONLY FANS YEMENS FLAMES

The Houthis adhere to an offshoot of Shiite Islam known as Zaydism and had battled the Yemeni state off and on for years... READ MORE›

BRADFORD DAWOOD FAMILY 'SPLIT TO CROSS SYRIA BORDER'

Sisters Khadija Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children went missing after travelling to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

'SOMETIMES THE BABY DIES, SOMETIMES THE MOTHER'

'Sometimes the baby dies, sometimes the mother' Life and death in Yemen's hospitals... READ MORE›

AL QAEDA IN YEMEN SAYS US STRIKE KILLED LEADER

BAGHDAD -- Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen released a video statement on Tuesday confirming the death of its leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, in an American missile strike... READ MORE›

MISSING BRADFORD SISTER 'MAY ALREADY BE IN SYRIA'

One of three Bradford sisters missing with their nine children may already be in Syria police believe... READ MORE›

CANADA UNVEILED AS THE COUNTRY WITH 'THE BEST REPUTATION' IN SURVEY ON GLOBAL PERCEPTIONS

The North American country reclaimed the top spot in the Reputation Institute's annual report which looks at the government environment and economy of 55 nations... READ MORE›

SAUD AL-FAISAL QUIET FORCE IN MIDDLE EAST DIES AT 75

The 9 11 attacks also strained ties with the United States, especially after it was determined that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA CANT FIND ITS WAY OUT OF YEMENS MESSY WAR

The rebels toppled the Yemeni government in February, forcing President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

IS SUSPECTS HELD OVER 'PLOT' TO ATTACK SAUDI MOSQUES

Most of the suspects are Saudi citizens but they also include people from six nationalities including Yemen and Syria the interior ministry said... READ MORE›

U.S. SUPPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA TO HINGE ON YEMEN CEASE-FIRE

The United States has already halted new sales of cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

US AND IRAN KEEP WARY EYE ON EACH OTHER AT SEA

Benjamin Hewlett, the commander of the air wing aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which is in the Persian Gulf keeping an eye on Iran right now... READ MORE›

HOUTHI REBELS CLASH WITH ARMY IN SANAA

Under the agreement with President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Houthis pledged to withdraw from the capital once a new unity government was formed... READ MORE›

UN PROBES YEMEN AIR STRIKE AS DEATH TOLL 'RISES TO 41'

Almaseera, a television channel run by Houthis, who control Sanaa, confirmed the death toll... READ MORE›

Since most Yemenis are Sunni Muslims, Al Qaeda has been able to capitalize on the Houthi rise to win more supporters who are worried about Houthi dominance... READ MORE›

DOZENS KILLED IN CLASHES AROUND YEMEN'S BESIEGED TAIZ

Dozens of people have been killed in heavy fighting between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen's war-torn central city of Taiz... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA SAID TO ARREST SUSPECT IN 1996 KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING

The United States deported him to Saudi Arabia in 1999... READ MORE›

ARAB COALITION BOMBS YEMENS CAPITAL KILLING DOZENS

Last week, the United Nations human rights chief called for an independent inquiry into violations by the coalition, as well as by the Houthi rebels... READ MORE›

YEMEN CAPITAL SANAA HIT BY CAR BOMB ATTACK

Yemen has been in turmoil since Houthi rebels overran Sanaa last September, forcing the government of President Mansour Abdrabbuh Hadi to flee... READ MORE›

CHILDREN DIE IN YEMEN BOMB ATTACKS

The defence ministry also condemned the cowardly terrorist attack on the home of a citizen and a school bus and held AQAP responsible... READ MORE›