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Release of award-winning Yemeni journalist welcomed

Responding to news that the Yemeni journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani has been released from prison earlier this afternoon, Amnesty International ...


Ramadan Changes Yemen Lifestyle

Ramadan has brought about a considerable change in the lifestyle of Yemenis, who now have new schedules totally different from the ones they had used to before the holy month. People here stay awake by night and...


HIV/AIDS patients complains community disgust

Many of HIV/AIDS patients have complained that they are stigmatized by the community, pointing out that they are ...


Committee holds U.S. responsible for al-Moayad and Zayed's life

The committee appealed president Ali Abdullah Saleh, government, parliament and all NGOs to immediately do best in order to save them, affirming that all international conventions give rights ...


Kidnappers of Colombians belong to Bakazm

The sources told Sahwa Net that the kidnapped abducted on Friday were transfered to Ahwar region of Abyan ...


One killed, two injured in Saada confrontations

A citizen was killed and two others were injured on Sunday in Saada province during confrontations between local citizens and fighters who are thought to be al-Houthi rebels...


JMP condemns bombing U.S. embassy in Sana'a

In a press release, it expressed its denunciation of what labeled as "criminal and despicable" acts which kill innocent people, expressing its deep condolences


Al-Qarni : I was released due to JMP struggle

The Yemeni popular comedian Fhad al-Qarni was released on Tuesday afternoon, though he ruled out last days to sign a pledge to not practice ...


Sixteen killed in attack on US embassy in Yemen

Islamist militants attacked the US embassy in the Yemeni capital with two car bombs and rockets on Wednesday, leaving 16 people dead...


Al-Qarni incarcerated again

Popular comedian and artist Fahad al-Qarni was incarcerated again after he was released on Thursday in the wake of ...


Islah marks eighteenth anniversary of establishment

The High Authority of the Yemen Congregation of Reform (Islah Party) has congratulated the Yemeni people of its eighteenth anniversary...


USAID denies official news reports

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Deputy Administrator James Bever has denied news reports published by official media about the USAID resumption of its activities in ...


Al Hanoo Holdings: 2.3 million tons of rock used to line canal banks for Al Nujoom Island project in Sharjah

Al Hanoo Holdings, one the largest real estate developers in the Middle East, has used more than 2.3 million tons of rock to line the banks of the water canals of Al Nujoom Islands project in Sharjah. The first phase


Lawyer demands to transfer al-Moayad to hospital

He told the eldest son of al-Moayad, Ibrahim, in a call conversation that his father health is serious, pointing out that his doctor inside the jail recommended to take him to hospital as he could ...


Saudi authorities rescue 22 Yemenis

The individuals were being smuggled from Yemen into Saudi and their smuggler could persuade them to get out of the vehicle, claiming that they were a mere ten ...


Police hold four citizens hostages

The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, known also as HOOD, has revealed that police held four persons including a child


Yemen uses children as soldiers

further explained that parents sometimes agree to the recruitment of their children into the armed forces because of their poor economic situation, pointing out that joining ...


Parties and NGOs call for releasing political prisoners

Head of the Joint Meeting Parties in Hadhramout province Mohsen Ba sora has warned that Yemen would fall in a disaster if it does not reform its wrong policies, demanding in a meeting held in solidarity with the political ...


Governor orders to close down religious schools

This decision created discontent in the province among citizens who expressed their refusal to such decision ...


WB asks Yemen to amend investment laws

In a report prepared by a consultative team, the World Bank called for applying a national strategy which promotes direct foreign investment under supervision of the General ...


Inmates held without legal reasons

An official report has revealed that there are a number of inmates who were illegally imprisoned as a result ...


JMP meets EC charge d’affaires

Leadership of the Yemeni opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, met on Wednesday Mary Horvers, the European Commission charge d’affaires ...


Eritrean and Somali pirates activate in Yemen's coasts

Yemen's Internal Ministry has affirmed that Eritrean pirates captured five Yemeni fishing boats during a few last days while they were in the international water, explaining that pirates confiscated all the contents ...


JMP: We will not allow to be excluded

The collation of Yemen's opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has stressed its stances towards elections, considering them an entry to solve crises in the state and not ...


Ruling's party leader breaks into opposition's conference

In an unprecedented and weird move, chairman of the media and culture sector of the ruling party, Tariq al-Shami, broke into a press conference held by the Yemeni main opposition Parties, the Joint Meeting Parties...


Almost 118 Somalis arrive in Yemen

Nearly 1188 Refugees affirmed that they faced big difficulties before arriving to Yemen's costs, indicating that Somalia-based city of Bossaso is crowded ...


Yemen denies predictions of devastating earthquake

Director-General of earthquake Information Centre Gmal Shalan has denied astrological predictions addressed by media of devastating earthquake in the Gulf of Aden which is more powerful than 7 degrees on Richter scale ...


JMP threatens to boycott elections

Yemen's main opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, is to boycott the up-coming parliamentary elections if the ruling party insisted on its own prospects , according to chairman of the supreme ...


Authorities arrest senior jihad leader

Security forces arrested on Sunday a leader of what called Aden-Abyan Army, Khalid Abdul-Nabi in Jaar city of Abyan governorate in the wake ...


YEMEN: Expelled from Saudi Arabia, down and out

Hundreds of families living in an arid slum 17km north of al-Hudeidah City, western Yemen, say they ended up there after having been ...


Official report: Islah's women rank first in occupying leading positions

An official report has affirmed that women affiliating to the main opposition party in Yemen, Islah party, occupied the first rank of women assuming leading positions in the ...


YJS demands Interior Ministry to investigate burning of newspaper

The Yemeni Journalist Syndicate has described the burning of AlRay Alam newspaper as a criminal act and a critical ...


Establishment of AED 4 billion Nobles Investments announced

Nobles Investments, a newly established AED 4 billion real estate development company has been announced in Dubai, UAE. The company will be focusing on the ever-growing real estate markets in UAE and the Middle East, and is fully


Clerics watch out for Ramadan Moon

Religious Scholars in the western Yemeni port city of Hodeidah remained vigilant today for the sighting of the crescent moon signaling the start of the sacred month of Ramadan, the ninth


Yemenis on Shopping Spree Ahead of Ramadan

Sana’a-Yemenis are nowadays pouring into busy markets to buy foodstuffs amid high speculations that prices would hit new record highs as the holy month of Ramadan draws nearer. People are scrambling to stock up on food supplies, the prices of which have more than doubled over the past few months.


JMP denounces threats against top leader

In a statement, it affirmed that Naji was subject to threats by the deputy of the Dhala governorate Abdul-Hamid Horaiz who ordered his comedians to interrupt ...


Student Union condemns arresting three students

General Union of Yemeni Student has condemned the arrest of three students again by security forces in Ibb University after they had...


Military-run paper violates constitution

The main Yemeni opposition party, the Yemeni Congregation of Reform (Islah Party) has denounced ongoing volitions practiced by the Yemeni military-run paper, 26 September, against the opposition, demanding ...


U.K. and U.S. remove travel warning to Yemen

The British Foreign Office has removed a previous travel warning to the entire Yemen, but it has now limited the warning to just five of the country’s 21 Governorates; Saada ...


Yemen extradites eight citizens to Saudi

Yemeni security official said that the eight wanted were arrested and handed over to Saudi, according to an extradition agreement signed in 2003 between both ...


Nine-year-old female child kidnapped

The kidnapper allured the girl that he would take her into her divorced mother, but he take her into the sheikh's house and wanted to get married her forcibly, despite she is still....


NGOs demand to release captives of Saada war

NGOs staged on Saturday three sit-ins before the attorney-general office in solidarity with captives and forcibly hidden ...


Yemen's opposition accuses ruling party of seeking to forge up-coming elections

Yemen's opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has held the ruling party, the General People Congress, responsible for any dire consequences resulted in by its refusal ...


Saudi authorities seize 1000 Yemeni infiltrators a day

Saudi authorities have affirmed that its border guards seize over 1000 Yemeni infiltrators a day trying to enter the Saudi territories to work as beggars ...


Political forces reach dead end in Yemen

Yemeni parliament ruled out on Monday a draft of election law amendments, sparking tensions between the ruling party, the General People Congress and the opposition...


Eritrea seizes five fishing boats

Yemen's Interior Ministry said that it started investigating and contacted the concerned authorities and the Eritrean authorities in order to end such illegal practices, charging, in the meantime, the Eritrean authorities ...


Hadhramout's JMP boycotts meeting with vice president

The opposition alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties, in Hadhramout province, has declared its boycott to a meeting with Vice-President Abid Rabu Mansour Hadi protesting not releasing political prisoners, according


Yemeni political prisoners to be released

Yemeni opposition agreed on Saturday morning with president Ali Abdullah Saleh to release all political prisoners including the comedian Fahad al-Qarni , the outspoken journalist ,Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani , the head of ...


Dhala governor meets opposition

They discussed in their meeting mutual cooperation with the leadership of local authorities, democracy, Freedoms, eradicating military checkpoints...


WJWC denounces violations against activists

WJWC pointed out to the most recent arrest of a human rights activist, Dr. Mohammad al-Saqaf, last Monday while he was leaving ...


JMP charges authorities with practicing physical and mental abuse

Yemeni opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has accused the authorities of practicing physical and mental abuses against hundreds of detainees ...


YEMEN: Alarm bells over water

availability in Yemen has been worsening by the year and the government has no clear strategy on how to deal with the problem...


French engineer released

Local mediation team led by tribal figures and local officials could release a French engineer of Algerian origin on Wednesday after holding him hostage for one day in Shabwa, some 580 km south-east of the capital ...


Hundreds protest in Taiz

Thousands of citizens held a sit-in in Taiz on Wednesday demanding to put an end to increasing prices of foodstuff, solve water crisis in their province and prvide job ...


Yemeni authorities say pirates have attacked and possibly hijacked a British-flagged commercial ship off the ...


Lawsuit filed against Yemen dismissed

The International Court of Arbitration which belongs to the International Chamber of Commerce dismissed on Monday a lawsuit filed by the Yemeni Company for Explorations and Production, owned by the American ...


Yemen's opposition withdraws from parliament

The parliamentary bloc of Yemen's opposition , JMP, withdrew on Tuesday from the parliament, protesting an attempt by the ruling party to offer a draft of election law amendment to parliament before reaching...


The curse of Yemen

It is only mid-afternoon in Sana'a's picturesque old city, a maze of tall gingerbread houses, braying animals and colourful markets. But is is strangely quiet as shopkeepers lounge behind their wares, many of them chewing away furiously at a green wad the size of a golfball. Drivers ...


Three killed in shootout with al-Qaeda

Three policemen were killed and three others were wounded in a shootout between security forces and al-Qaeda elements in Tarim of Hadhramout province, 800 kilometers ...


Yemen's Interior Ministry charges Eritrea of torturing 42 fishermen

The ministry further explained that the Eritrean authorities seized four Yemeni boats, confiscated their contents and then returned ...


Yemen's authorities denies ICRC's figures over displaced people

Yemeni official security source has ruled off the accuracy of the International Committee of the Red Cross's figures about the ...


Opposition leader goes on hunger strike

The head of Al-Haq Party's shoura council Mohammad Miftah has been going on a hunger strike since two ...


Islah demands to hold involved of Saada war accountable

The shoura council of the Islah party in Taiz province has demanded the authorities to immediately free all political prisoners, calling, in the meantime, for forming a supreme committee for national dialogue in order to save ...


Somali pirates free two Germans kidnapped off Yemen's coasts

Somali pirates have freed two German hostages who had been kidnapped off Yemen's coasts in Aden Gulf ...


Red Cross seeks better access to northern Yemen

Aid workers are struggling to reach needy people uprooted by conflict in northern Yemen, the International Committee of ...


Businessman incarcerated in private jail

National Committee for Defending Rights and Freedoms, known as HOOD, has revealed that two people are incarcerated in a private prison in Dhamar province belonging to the state-run ...


YEMEN: Conflict damage assessment committee runs into trouble

A recently formed government committee has faced problems assessing damage to buildings and property in conflict-hit Saada...


Yemeni organization demands to investigate torture inside jails

Yemeni National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms has revealed that two groups charged by the authorities with terror were subject ...


YSP boycotts parliament sessions

Zaid al-Shami , deputy of the Islah party's parliamentary bloc, said that the boycott of YSP came as emphasis to the stances of the Joint Meeting Parties towards militarizing of political life and not releasing political prisoners ...


Al-Qarni asks opposition to not respond to authorities' pressures

Yemeni comedian and singer Fahad al-Qarni has asked the opposition parties to not respond to the authorities pressures in ...


JMP calls for protesting Wednesday

The Joint Meeting Parties have called for staging a sit-in in Taiz province on Wednesday in order to demand releasing all political prisoners and stopping ...


Yemeni detained in Malaysia

The General Union of Yemeni Youths in Malaysia has revealed that a Yemeni student was detained in Malaysia two weeks ago, appealing ,in the meantime , president Ali Abdullah Saleh to order the concerned authorities ...


Yemeni authorities deny news reports of departure of 200,000 Iraqis

Official Yemeni authorities have denied news reports about stopping renewing residence permits of almost 200,000 Iraqis...


Yemeni authorities refuse renewing 200,000 Iraqis' residence permits

Yemeni authorities have refused renewing 200,000 residence permits of Iraqis as a result of backing al-Hohuthi ...


Yemeni school supervisors arrested

Eight supervisors were arrested on Monday while they were protesting before the Education Ministry to have provisional ...


FM: French warnings are unwarrantable

Yemen's Foreign Minister has described France's cautions to its citizens over traveling to Yemen as unwarrantable, affirming that Yemen's security services had taken all measures to ...


Clerics condemn terror operation

Preachers have vividly condemned a terror operation carried out by al-Qaeda last Friday in Sayun of the Hadramout


Hundreds suffer odd hereditary disease

Hundreds of people living in a village of Haja province in Yemen suffer odd hereditary disease, according to an investigative report released by the state-run ...


Presidential advisor recommends to meet opposition's demands

He considered the opposition's boycott of the up-coming parliamentary elections which is set to be held in early 2009, in case the General People Congress and the Joint Meeting Parties failed to reconcile, would lead to hold mock ...


Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announce establishment of 461 million square feet site for Kurdistan Gas City

Gas Cities LLC, a joint venture between Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East's first and largest regional private-sector natural gas company, and its partner Crescent Petroleum, announced today that the 461 million square foot site for the Kurdistan Gas ...


Eight Eritrean soldiers held in Yemen

The sources said that the Eritrean soldiers were hunting a Yemeni fishing boat in Yemen's territorial waters, pointing out...


JMP refuses referring election law to parliament

The spokesman of the Joint Meeting Parties Mohammad al-Qobati has affirmed that JMP refused referring election law to ...


Court puts off looking into al-Khaiwani case

Yemeni court refused on Tuesday looking into the case of the journalist Abdul-Karim al-Khaiwani along with other 14 suspects charged with forming an armed group to attack country’s interests and supporting ...


Almost $ 50 billion to bridge linking Yemen and Djibouti

The bin Laden Construction Company has managed to bring $ 50 billion to establish a 28.5-km-long bridge linking between ...


Popular comedian to be tried Tuesday

The court had refused in pervious hearings to prosecute al-Qarni in absentia, asking to bring him in order to defend himself before ...


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