Yemen Cabinet approves immunity law for president
10 Jan 2012: SANAA: Yemen’s Cabinet approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed during his 33-year rule. Sunday’s decision came as a surprise to many in Yemen, whoSharif Mobley: US accused of Yemen proxy detention
28 Sep 2010: When Sharif Mobley, an American citizen living in Yemen, went to the shops on the morning of January 26 this year, his family had no idea that it was the start of a chain of events that would lead to him being accused of murder and facing potentialYemen acts to secure key strait
11 Jul 2010: On a rocky volcanic outcrop set in the deep and treacherous waters of a vital strait linking Europe to Asia, Yemen’s coastguard is building a base to help secure one of the world’s busiest waterways. Somali pirates trawl the sea south of the Bab AlThousands of Yemenis slam Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla
02 Jun 2010: Sana'a: Tens of thousands of Yemenis condemned on Tuesday the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla, which was on its way to Gaza early on Monday. The ruling and opposition parties, who organised the demonstration, demanded the scrapping of the ArabYemen court upholds Israel spy's death sentence
03 Apr 2010: A death sentence for a Yemeni man, Bassam Abdullah al-Haidari, convicted of spying for Israel has been upheld by an appeals court. In March 2009, a state security court sentenced the 27-year-old to death after convicting him of establishing contacts withYemeni Islamic banks 'wheels for development'
02 Apr 2010: Yemeni Islamic banks have yet to achieve their full potential in supporting the country's development, said participants at a conference on Yemeni Islamic Banks last week. The two-day conference, which addressed the future of Yemeni Islamic banks, wasYemen foils al-Qaeda plot, kills 34, arrests 17
17 Dec 2009: Sanaa - Yemeni security forces have killed 34 al-Qaeda militants and arrested 17 others in foiling a planned series of suicide bomb attacks, a security source said on Thursday. The incidents took place in Abyan province in the south and in ArhabYemen aborts Houthi insurgents attack on Saada palace
20 Nov 2009: The Yemeni army succeeded in aborting an attack on the northern governorate of Saada, killing and injuring dozens of insurgents, according to media reports Thursday. As the conflict escalated between Houthi rebels on one hand and the Saudi and YemeniArab governments back Yemen in battle with rebels
05 Oct 2009: Arab governments moved on Sunday to support Sanaa in its bid to crush rebels in northern Yemen, while clashes broke out in the southern city of Dhaleh over the detention of southerners viewed by the authorities as secessionists. Dozens of people have been34 die in Yemeni clashes
27 Sep 2009: At least 30 rebel Houthi fighters have been killed in renewed clashes in the northern Yemeni city of Saada. Four Yemeni soldiers were also killed in Sunday's fighting, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Yemen quoted security sources as saying. The HouthiYemeni rebels break govt’s unilateral ceasefire
05 Sep 2009: Yemen’s Huthi rebels broke a government’ unilateral ceasefire early on Saturday and continued their attacks north of the country making more difficult efforts of aid groups to provide safety to thousands of displaced civilians. Hours after theIran calls for political solution to Yemen fighting
25 Aug 2009: Iran called on Monday for a political solution to fighting in Yemen, days after a Yemeni government official implied Iranian involvement in a Shiite Muslim rebellion in the Arab country's north. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi also said thatInt'l aid to Yemen for Somali refugees still limited
17 Aug 2009: The aid presented to Yemen from the international community for Somali refugees is still limited, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi has said. Al-Qirbi said, during his meeting with the special envoy of the UN secretary general for Somalia Ahmed WaldCheckpoint attack kills four soldiers
29 Jul 2009: SANAA: Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and another wounded when armed men attacked a checkpoint in the restive south on Tuesday, a security official said. The official said the identity of the perpetrators was not clear. The attack took place on the roadDeath sentences over Yemen killings
13 Jul 2009: A Yemeni court in the capital Sanaa has sentenced six men to death for murdering nine Spanish and Belgian tourists over the past two years. The men were found guilty of attacks including one that killed seven Spanish tourists at the Queen of Sheba templeslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
