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Al-Qaeda statement denies official reports

Sep 1, 2010 - 10:35:28 PM
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) distributed a statement denying the interior ministry’s reports regarding the killing al Qaeda members or the surrendering of its members to security.


Dutch police detains two Yemenis on US flight

Sep 1, 2010 - 10:33:57 PM
Dutch police in Schiphol Airport arrested two Yemeni men, residents of the United States over fears of a terrorist plot.


Mysterious fate of Sa’dah deputy security director

Sep 1, 2010 - 10:30:43 PM
The Sa’dah Deputy security director was kidnapped by armed gunmen after being spraying him with an anesthetic and taken to an unknown place.


Government and Houthis sign schedule for implementing 22 points

Sep 1, 2010 - 10:28:33 PM
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani witnessed Sunday evening the signing of the explanatory appendix of the executive program schedule for the implementation of the 22 points...


Final qualifying stage for Yemen poet, Al-Aqeeq channel

Sep 1, 2010 - 10:07:14 PM
Al-Aqeeq channel will broadcast Tuesday the second part of the qualifying round for Yemen poet in a contest between 40 male and female poets from all over Yemen’s governorates. The public are looking forward to announcing the name of the poet who will qualify for the final phase of the program.


Economic Media Center demands traders maintain reasonable prices

Sep 1, 2010 - 9:54:24 PM
Economic Media Center (SEMC) expressed their concerns and worries about traders causing fluctuations and violating national currency standards during the last period.


SCER mandates education to review voters tables for 2010

Aug 30, 2010 - 10:54:52 PM
The Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) decided to mandate the education sector in the Education ministry to manage the process of reviewing and amending voter tables for 2010.


More than million children out of school, government report

Aug 30, 2010 - 10:52:57 PM
A government report exposed that there are approximately 1,394,000 children in Yemen who are still outside the scope of education and are not able to enroll in school, threating the generation with illiteracy and allowing the number of illiterate in the country to become the majority.


Intensifying al-Qaeda attacks are government’s biggest challenge, President Saleh

Aug 30, 2010 - 10:26:06 PM
The president of the Republic Ali Abdullah Saleh compared a recent wave of attacks on the security forces to the violence against government forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Abyan al-Qaeda attacks security raising death toll to 23 troops

Aug 30, 2010 - 10:23:23 PM
Suspected al Qaeda members attacked a group of government troops killing 8 soldiers and injuring another Saturday evening, a security official told Yemen Observer.


Foreign company closes over al-Qaeda threats

Aug 30, 2010 - 10:18:59 PM
The Canadian Nexen Company closed its headquarters in the capital Sana’a Friday following threats from al Qaeda.


Shai’a referred to the public prosecution

Aug 30, 2010 - 10:01:49 PM
Security source said that the case of the journalist Abdualah Shai’a will soon be referred to public prosecutor in preparation for his trial, pending the completion of investigations.


International conference to discuss displaced people of Sa’adah

Aug 28, 2010 - 11:12:52 PM
The Ministry of Public Health and Population intends in cooperation with Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to hold an international conference after Eid al-Fiter to discuss the situations of Sa’adah’s displaced people.


CID deputy manager of Marib escapes assassination attempt

Aug 28, 2010 - 11:12:02 PM
The deputy manager of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Marib, Mohammed Abdo Farea, has escaped an assassination attempt, in the process he was seriously injured and was taken to one of the hospitals in the capital.


Value of Rial increases recovery on the way

Aug 28, 2010 - 11:11:04 PM
The value of Yemeni Riyal has increased against the US Dollar over the past week, where the USD exchange rate fell to YR 217, compared to about YR 250 last July.


U.S. Senators make sudden visit to Yemen

Aug 28, 2010 - 11:03:16 PM
A delegation of U.S. Congressional Senators led by George LeMieux, a member of the armed services committee, was received by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to commend the efforts exerted by Yemen in the fight against terrorism, said the official website of the General People’s Congress (GPC) al-Moatamar.


Al-Qaeda kills 4 troops in new clash

Aug 28, 2010 - 10:59:01 PM
Suspected members of al-Qaeda targeted a military patrol in Zinjobar district, Abyan province, early Wednesday afternoon, killing 4 soldiers, a security source in Zinjobar told Yemen Observer.


Fighting terrorism remains Yemeni forces responsibility

Aug 28, 2010 - 10:49:37 PM
A Yemeni official source stressed that fighting al-Qaeda in Yemen is a job for the Yemeni security and military.


Security official died after injuries in al-Qaeda assassination

Aug 28, 2010 - 10:15:47 PM
A senior security official died after being seriously injured in an assassination attempt carried out by al-Qaeda suspects in Marib province east of Yemen, said an official statement Friday.


Delegations from Gulf 20 draw leave Aden, hosting issue resolved

Aug 26, 2010 - 2:54:07 PM
Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani President of the Qatar Football Association and his accompanying delegation departed from Aden Monday August 23th after participating in the draw for the tournament.


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