Last weekend’s bomb scares have raised serious questions over security standards for air freight transport. Officials uncovered explosive packages

Suspected al Qaeda militants have blown up an oil pipeline in Yemen. Officials said a timing device detonated the bomb in Shabwa province in the

A Saudi bomb-maker is the prime suspect in the plot to send parcel bombs to the United States. Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri is the brother of a bomber

One of the parcel bombs bound for the United States was carried on a passenger plane, it’s emerged. Qatar Airways has revealed that one of two

Authorities in Yemen have arrested a woman suspected of posting the US bound bomb packages. She was apprehended in the capital Sanaa, after being

Two western targets have been attacked in Yemen by suspected al Qaeda militants. A British embassy vehicle was fired on, and a Frenchman was killed

A rocket has been fired at a car carrying the deputy chief of the British diplomatic mission in Yemen. Officials say a member of staff has been

A French national has been seriously injured in an attack on an oil and gas compound in Yemen. It is understood a gunman opened fire inside the

Saudi security forces have rescued two young German girls in Yemen whose kidnapping sparked mass protests last year. The girls, aged 3 and 6, were

A suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber has targeted a convoy carring the British Ambassador in Yemen, killing himself and injuring three

A suspected suicide bomber has attacked the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen. The ambassador, Tim Torlot, is unhurt and reports say the

The second in command of the Yemen-based wing of al-Qaeda, Saeed al-Shehri is calling on Muslims in the Arabian peninsula to wage jihad, or holy war

There are conflicting reports coming out of Yemen about a possible ceasefire between government troops and Shi’ite rebels. A rebel leader yesterday

Authorities in Yemen say the leader of an al Qaeda cell in the country has been killed by government security forces. The governor of Yemen’s

Germany’s foreign minister has been told that five German hostages who have been held captive in Yemen since June have at last been

Authorities in Yemen say they know where five German hostages are being held, six months after their capture in the country. Germany’s foreign