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Yemen peace talks ‘closer’ to agreement: UN envoy ASIA

Yemen peace talks ‘closer’ to agreement: UN envoy

The UN envoy said Wednesday that the warring parties in Yemen were closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait as he headed to New York to brief the Security Council.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemen twin bombings kill at least 41 ASIA

Yemen twin bombings kill at least 41

Twin bombings targeting the Yemeni army in second city Aden on Monday killed at least 41 people, most of them would-be recruits, a military official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemen PM rejects unity govt proposed by rebels ASIA

Yemen PM rejects unity govt proposed by rebels

Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher yesterday rejected a unity government proposed by Iran-backed

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS exploiting Yemen chaos as fighters pursue peace ASIA

IS exploiting Yemen chaos as fighters pursue peace

Islamic State efforts to exploit chaos may have have brought Saudi-backed forces and Iran-allied Houthis ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bombs kill 37 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion ASIA

Bombs kill 37 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and a second attack killed 37 police on Sunday in the Yemeni port of Mukalla where a year of Al Qaeda rule was ended just last month, medics said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jihadist suicide attack kills 13 troops near Yemen's Mukalla ASIA

Jihadist suicide attack kills 13 troops near Yemen's Mukalla

Militants, including suicide bombers, killed at least 13 Yemeni troops outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla on Thursday, the army said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemen foes agree to major prisoner swap ASIA

Yemen foes agree to major prisoner swap

Yemen's government and Iran-backed rebels agreed on Tuesday to free half of the prisoners and detainees held by both sides, in the first breakthrough in peace talks that began last month.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemen peace talks struggle as air strikes shake truce ASIA

Yemen peace talks struggle as air strikes shake truce

Yemen's Houthi movement accused a Saudi-led coalition of launching air strikes that killed seven people, shaking a truce that has largely held through more than two weeks of UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suicide bomb kills 7 in Yemeni city of Marib ASIA

Suicide bomb kills 7 in Yemeni city of Marib

Seven people were killed and more than 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Friday that struck a market in the Yemeni city of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, police sources told Reuters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemen foes resume face-to-face peace talks ASIA

Yemen foes resume face-to-face peace talks

Yemen’s warring parties resumed face-to-face peace talks yesterday....

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN peace talks on Yemen resume after three-day suspension ASIA

UN peace talks on Yemen resume after three-day suspension

UN-backed peace talks to end Yemen's civil war resumed on Wednesday after they were suspended by the Yemeni government for three days in protest at a Houthi assault on a military base near Sanaa.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN envoy says Yemen talks make progress ASIA

UN envoy says Yemen talks make progress

The UN special envoy to Yemen said yesterday that warring parties have agreed to a framework

4:45 AM November 25 2016