Gulf Arab Region

Five police injured in bomb explosion near Aden airport

At least five Yemeni policemen were injured Sunday when they foiled a suicide car bomb attack on the airport in the southern city of Aden, police said. They said the policemen opened fire at a car that was traveling at high speed towards the airport. It exploded near the checkpoint wounding...

900 Yemeni children killed in 2015: UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Monday that 900 children were killed during the armed conflict in Yemen last year. “In the past year, the United Nations verified a significant increase in grave violations against children by all parties to the conflict in...

Spokesman says Saudi-led force will commit to Yemen truce

The spokesman for a Saudi-led coalition behind a year-long military campaign against Yemen's Shiite rebels says it's ready to commit to a cease-fire as long as the rebels abide by a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for their pullout from Yemeni cities. Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri told...