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Bomb Hits US Embassy Vehicle In Yemen

A group of American embassy staffers came under attack when a bomb was thrown into the back of their vehicle outside a restaurant in Yemen’s capital, U.S. and Yemeni officials said Thursday. No…

Saudi wants nuclear power ‘soon’: US official

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia plans to be producing nuclear power within 10 years, a senior US trade official said here on Monday. “They want to have civil nuclear power as a part of…

Kuwait clinches 10th Gulf Cup soccer crown

JEDDAH: Kuwait was crowned champion of the 20th Gulf Cup football tournament in Aden, Yemen, after defeating Saudi Arabia in the final match 1-0 on Sunday. The only goal of the match came…

Wikileaks releases secret US embassy cables

Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has released a new set of secret US files. It says this latest batch of documents – cables sent by US embassies to the state department – is bigger than…

Saudi arrests 149 Qaeda-linked militants

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has arrested 149 suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants in 19 separate cells planning attacks on state officials, foreigners and journalists, the interior ministry said on Friday. The arrests, which took place…

Second suicide bomber strikes in northern Yemen

SANAA: Two tribesmen were killed and several others were injured when a suicide bomber blew his car up in a tribal convoy in the Sahar district of the northwestern province of Saada early…

Official: Yemen suicide bomber kills 17 Shiites

SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni security official says a suicide car bomber struck a convoy of Shiites on their way to a religious ceremony, killing 17 and wounding more than 15 people. The…

Gulf Cup kicks off amid tight security in Yemen

ADEN, Yemen: Yemen, a country more famous for its Al-Qaeda fighters and separatist movements, will be the host for a regional football tournament starting Monday that offers authorities a rare chance to prove…

Yemen intelligence agent ‘knifed near US embassy’

Two knife-wielding men attacked and seriously wounded a Yemeni intelligence agent near the US embassy in Sanaa on Friday, witnesses and medics said. Armed with traditional jambiyas or curved daggers, the men set…

Yemeni plane slides off runway, no casualties

SANAA — A Yemeni military C-130 ran off the runway on Thursday at the Sanaa airport, causing a fire in one engine but no casualties, said the head of the Yemeni civil aviation…

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