Houthi insurgency in Yemen

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15 Yemeni Rebels, 8 Soldiers Killed In Clashes

At least 15 Yemeni rebels and eight soldiers were killed Monday as government forces attacked insurgent positions in...

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27 Dead As Yemen Army Closes In On Taez Palace

Yemeni government forces fought Saturday to capture a rebel-held presidential palace in the southwestern province of...

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Yemen Rebel Missile Shot Down Near Saudi Capital

Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh late Friday...

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Yemen Declares State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak

Authorities in Sanaa, which is controlled by Shiite rebels, have declared a state of emergency in the Yemeni capital,...

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Gulf States Reject ‘terror’ and ‘interference’

Gulf Arab states pledged Thursday to fight "terrorism" and "foreign interference" across the region. In a joint...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Britain Apologises After Egg Thrown At Saudi General

Britain has apologised after an egg was thrown at a Saudi military official during a visit to London, Saudi state media...

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Houthi Rebels In Yemen Threatening Strategic Strait

Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other...

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UN Wants Probe Into Refugee Boat Attack Off Yemen

The United Nations called Monday for an inquiry into last week's attack on a boat off Yemen's coast that killed 42...

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Yemen Artists Paint On Walls To Protest War

A group of Yemeni artists took to the streets Wednesday, painting murals on the wall of Sanaa University in a visual...

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Yemen’s Displaced Families Struggle To Survive

Wrapping their children in plastic sheets to stave off the winter cold, Yemeni families driven out of the historic port...

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UN Documents Nearly 1,500 Child Soldiers In Yemen

Nearly 1,500 children have been recruited by Yemen's warring parties, mostly the Shiite Huthi rebels, since March 2015,...

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Shelling Blocks UN Aid Chief Visit To Yemen’s Taez

UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday cancelled a visit to Yemen's third city Taez when shelling and a rebel...

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Yemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral

An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday,...

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12 Saudis Killed In Recent Yemen Border Fighting

At least 12 Saudi soldiers have died on the southern border since early February, according to an unusual series of...

International

Saudi-Led Coalition Won’t Renew Broken Yemen Ceasefire

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen will not renew a two-day ceasefire in the ongoing war, a...

International

Missiles Fired At US Warship In Red Sea

Two missiles were fired at a US warship from rebel-held territory in Yemen as it passed through the Red Sea on Sunday,...