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Etihad launches direct flights to SanaaEtihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will launch direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Sanaa from September 1. The Yemeni capital will be the airline's eighth destination on the Arabian Peninsula. Fligh More… |
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Yemeni warplane crashes in Sanaa, 12 deadA Yemeni air force plane crashed in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, security sources said. State news agency Saba said three women and two children were among those killed when the plane, on a training fl More… |
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Yemen cbank slashes key interest rateYemen's central bank cut its deposit rate, the key rate which it uses to adjust monetary policy, by 3 percentage points to 15 per cent, the bank said in a statement carried by state news agency Saba on Thursday. The central ba More… |
Five killed in Yemen clashes; brigadier shot deadAt least five militants were killed and three soldiers wounded in Yemen on Tuesday in fighting near a damaged oil pipeline east of the capital Sanaa, a defence ministry official and residents said. More… |
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Saudi diplomat shot dead in YemenGunmen shot dead a Saudi Arabian diplomat and his Yemeni bodyguard in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, two officials told Reuters. The killing was the latest in a series of attacks on officials and politicians in the Arabian Penins More… |
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Yemen forces kill 3 al Qaeda leaders in raidYemeni security forces killed three militant leaders on Tuesday when they stormed a house used by al Qaeda for making bombs, the interior and defence ministries said. Yemen, a US ally, has been in turmoil since a popular uprising More… |
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Yemen minister escapes assassination bidYemen's defence minister escaped an assassination attempt on Tuesday but the car bomb that targeted his motorcade killed at least five bodyguards, government sources said. Witnesses said the explosion took place as Major Gener More… |
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Air force officers ground Sanaa flightsYemeni air force officers shut down the capital's airport on Saturday, stopping all flights in protest at the sacking of their commander, a half brother of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, an aviation official said. A source on the More… |
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Al Qaeda militants seize Yemen townDozens of Al Qaeda militants have seized a small town about 170km (105 miles) southeast of Yemen's capital Sanaa, a police source and witnesses said on Sunday. They said the militants entered the town of Radda in al-Baydah province on Satu More… |
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Yemen to redo Aden port deal with DP WorldYemen will renegotiate a joint venture agreement with DP World to run the Aden container port because the Dubai-based operator has failed to fulfill its obligations, Transport Minister Waaed Bazeeb told Reuters on Thursday. Yemen inked a d More… |
