Under the auspices of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), leaders from the Shiite Houthi Movement and the Islamist Islah Party held talks in Cairo in the past couple of days.
US President Barrack Obama issued on Wednesday an executive order giving the Treasury Department the authority to freeze any Yemeni official's assets if found trying to hinder the implementation of the GCC- brokered power transfer deal singed in Riyadh in Nov. last year.
The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights Horia Mashhor said on Wednesday that the crimes which were committed by the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime in Nihm, Bani Jarmouz
The military committee will start Thursday supervising the removal of the tents which were pitched last year by the loyalists of Yemen's ex-president in a reaction to the popular uprising against the former regime, Saba reported.
In the aftermath of the revolution that forced Yemen’s long standing President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, from power, one of the main demands of the Yemeni people has been for greater government accountability.
Former deputy transport minister, Muhammad Salim Abdullah, has revealed strategic mistakes in the agreement between Yemen and DP World to run and develop the Aden port
Over the past few days, an escalation in fighting has resulted in scores of civilian casualties in Ja'ar, Abyan governorate.
The Yemeni army carried out several airstrikes against Al-Qaida militants in Shuqra, one of the towns of Abyan, amid preparations to retake more towns which were held by Al-Qaida last year, military sources said on Wednesday.
Yemen's Press and Publications Court must drop charges against two Al-Jazeera journalists for their coverage of last year's uprising, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman wants to follow Mahatma Gandhi's footsteps
In an interview with a private television channel telecast on Thursday, Zikrian Assada, a Yemeni national and brother-in-law of Bin Laden, quoted his sister as describing how the Al Qaeda chief was killed during an operation on May 2 last year by US commandos in Abbottabad.
His activities and dedication got him noticed by France 24 a major TV news channel as it was looking for commentators on Taiz. Determined to voice his opinion and exercise his freedom of expression this is what Doctor al-Guneib had to say:
Section: the Yemeni Diaspora Interview with Saif al-Shara'abi, a naturalised British Yemeni now living in London, whose interest for politics is something of a family legacy. Active twitterist and self-confess activist, Saif shared with the Yemen Post his views on Yemen. • Yemen Post: Did your perception of being Yemeni changed since the beginning of the uprising and why?
Politics is failing again in Yemen. Three weeks have passed since President Abdurabu Hadi ordered the removal of Mohammed Saleh from commander of the air force; while he refuses to step down. Saleh, who is the brother of ousted President Ali Saleh, is still in control of the air force headquarters and dares anyone to enter the base without his permission.
Wild viruses and wildfires have two things in common. If neglected, they can spread out of control. If handled properly, they can be stamped out for good.
By Dr.Ali Ahmed Aldailmi
For the Yemen Post aad99@live.com
Yemen is a country with very similar numbers of Sunni and Shia Muslims. From a religious point of view, a key consideration is the increasing risk of regional escalation with the involvement of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the Yemen conflict. Iran has played this game allowing others to exaggerate its regional power and military reach.
The Higher Committee tasked with preparing for the Yemen Friend group held on Monday a meeting in which it discussed final preparations for the donor conference to be held in Riyadh on May 23.
A medical source in the western Yemeni poverty-hit province of al-Hodeida confirmed on Wednesday that at least 67 cases infected with the Dengue Fever were registered in the province.
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A TANZANIAN national has been arrested in Yemen after authorities discovered a huge stash of narcotic drugs hidden in two fishing boats.
Libyan society has been severely repressed and heavily censored for decades during the regime of Colonel Gaddafi. The call for freedom of expression –including freedom of the media- was one of the motives of the revolution.
After a much publicized diplomatic fallout between Turkey and Israel, UN Chief Ban Ki Moon is now urging both countries to mend their ties and to return to the negotiating table in regards to the flotilla raid which claimed the life of 8 Turks in 2010.