Category: Local News
Feb 1, 2012 - 7:36:03 PM
A truck carrying tons of win and alcohol bottles was stopped by some extremists and soldiers from the marine forces in Hodiedah city minutes after the truck left Hodiedah sea port heading to Sana’a on Monday.
Feb 1, 2012 - 7:30:15 PM
Interior Minister General Abdul-Qader Qahtan met on Wednesday European Union ambassador to Yemen Mikelih Servonh Dorjsu.
Feb 1, 2012 - 7:24:11 PM
Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa met on Wednesday the resident representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen Naveed Hussain.
Feb 1, 2012 - 6:49:20 PM
At least three soldiers were killed Wednesday when gunmen attacked them Marib province, said a security source.
Jan 31, 2012 - 11:08:25 PM
Gunmen have opened fire at Information Minister Ali al-Amrani's car as he left a cabinet meeting in Sana’a, an official source said on Tuesday, adding al-Amrani escaped unhurt.
Jan 31, 2012 - 10:56:03 PM
A local official has said that six aid workers were kidnapped Tuesday by gunmen in Mhaweet province, west of Sana'a.
Jan 29, 2012 - 8:47:15 PM
Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa chaired on Sunday a consultative meeting with a number of foreign ambassadors to Yemen to follow up on the implementation of the Gulf-brokered initiative and its implementation mechanism.
Jan 29, 2012 - 8:07:11 PM
The Yemeni government pledged its support on Tuesday towards the actions taken by the Supreme Committee for Elections and Referendum (SCER) regarding the provisions made by SCER for upcoming presidential elections.
Jan 29, 2012 - 8:00:54 PM
President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived Sunday in New York on a visit to the United States for medical treatment of injuries suffered during an assassination attempt in June.
Jan 29, 2012 - 7:48:06 PM
Government of Germany allocated Euro 750.000 (US$ 950.000) to support the upcoming early presidential elections in Yemen, According to this CSA. Signing ceremony of the Cost-Sharing Agreement (CSA) between Germany and the United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) was held in Sana’a.
Jan 22, 2012 - 11:18:56 AM
GCC Secretary General Abdulatif Al-Zayani welcomed on Sunday the resolutions taken by the Yemeni parliament yesterday in preparations for presidential elections, due on February 21, as an implementation of GCC's initiative and executive mechanism.
Jan 22, 2012 - 11:12:18 AM
Basindwa expressed his satisfaction with the meeting held with the Saudi King and Crown Prince Nayif.
Jan 22, 2012 - 11:08:29 AM
Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi met on Sunday the resident representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR) in Yemen Naveed Hussain.
Jan 22, 2012 - 10:05:24 AM
President Ali Abdullah Saleh Sunday called for reconciliation among all political parties and the restoration what the 11-month crisis destroyed.
Jan 21, 2012 - 7:45:03 PM
Much has been written over the past year on the increasingly catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen, with agencies such as the UNICEF and the World Food Program warning of another looming famine.
Jan 21, 2012 - 7:28:11 PM
Smugglers operating along the Red Sea coast of Yemen killed three Ethiopian new arrivals on the way from Mocha to al-Dhabab area On 13 January.
Jan 21, 2012 - 6:59:07 PM
Despite recent alarming reports of al-Qaeda territorial gains in Yemen provinces, the Abaad Studies and Research Centre continues to believe that the terrorist organization is actually losing ground in the country, as Yemenis are failing to see the “good “ in the Islamists doings. Although Yemen is a very traditional society where Islam plays a major role, Yemenis are not by nature prone to fanatism.
Jan 21, 2012 - 6:40:49 PM
A complementary workshop on quality assurance in Technical Education and Vocational Training Institutions recommended on Monday that a decision be taken in regard to the promotion of work excellency, adding that pride in one’s work needed to be promoted.
Jan 21, 2012 - 6:28:03 PM
Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa met last Wednesday with a delegation of Indonesia’s Medco Energi International headed by president director Lukman Mahfoedz.
Jan 16, 2012 - 8:04:26 PM
Yemen’s Vice President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi received the new ambassador of the United Kingdom to Yemen Hobton Nicholas and Deputy Ambassador Fiona pocket at his office in Sana’a on Monday.