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

A US grand jury has indicted the man suspected of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk

A military push against al Qaeda in Yemen has yielded three more arrests, according to security sources in the country. Those detained are said to

Yemen has begun an offensive against al-Qaeda. The strike coincided with the reopening of the US embassy in Sanaa. The complex was given the

The US has reopened its embassy in Yemen, saying the killing of two suspected al-Qaeda members yesterday had done enough to calm security

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given the first official statement on how the US views Yemen in the wake of the failed Christmas day bombing

The mountains of southern Yemen, arid, dusty and ever more dangerous. Recent pronouncements by US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister

Yemeni government officials claim two al-Qaeda militants thought be behind threats against the United States have been killed. The suspects were

Just days before the failed Christmas Day bomb attack on the US, al Qaeda supporters rallied openly in the state of Yemen. For Washington and

Britain and the United States have closed their embassies in Yemen after the US mission in the capital Sanaa received a specific threat from al

The US and Britan are stepping up support for the fight against terrorism in Yemen amid growing fears it could become a safe haven for al

A video threatening America was posted online by an al-Qaeda activist four days before the failed attempt to blow up the plane in Detroit. It

Saudi Arabia says it has seized back a border zone captured by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last week. The announcement by the Saudi government

Off the Comoros Islands, the search is continuing, but there is little hope of finding any more survivors from the crashed Yemenia Air A310. The