Tag: Yemen
Somali pirates hijack two ships
Pirates have hijacked an Indonesian tugboat used by French oil company Total off Yemen and a Turkish cargo ship, the latest in a string of attacks blamed on Somali gunmen.[MORE]
Two more boats seized as world mulls anti-piracy strategy
Pirates dodged foreign navies and hijacked another two boats even as an international conference in Kenya explored securing one of the world's busiest shipping routes off Somalia.[MORE]
Danish warship rescues suspected pirates off Somali
A Danish warship has rescued a group of suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden after receiving a distress signal from the ship, which was floundering in heavy seas, the Danish Navy said.[MORE]
400 Australians safe after cruise ship stand-off
Almost 400 Australians are safe and well after a cruise ship, bound for Perth, was surrounded by more than 20 boats south of the Gulf of Aden.[MORE]
Pirates free Yemeni cargo ship without ransom
Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship they seized last week after successful negotiations between regional authorities, local clan elders and the gunmen, a local official said on Wednesday.[MORE]
115 forced overboard, 20 drown in Gulf of Aden
Twenty people have been killed and two others are feared dead after smugglers forced some 115 people overboard while crossing the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency said.[MORE]
Shipping industry urges Govt action on piracy
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The Federal Government is being pressured to take action against pirates threatening the world's shipping industry.[MORE]
Australians caught up in pirate attack off Yemen
Up to 50 Australians are on board a cruise ship that has come under attack from pirates off the coast of Yemen.[MORE]
Bin Laden's driver sent home to Yemen
The United States has sent Osama bin Laden's former driver home to Yemen from the Guantanamo prison camp to serve the last few weeks of his sentence for providing material support for terrorism, the Pentagon said.[MORE]
US to return bin Laden driver to Yemen this week: embassy
Osama bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan will be returned to Yemen "this week" after seven years at the Guantanamo Bay US detention camp, Yemen's embassy in the US said.[MORE]
Somali pirates hijack Yemeni ship: maritime group
Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel, a Yemen cargo ship, in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official said.[MORE]
War of words: Former mentor badmouths Al Qaeda number 2
Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri is a plagiarist who worked for Sudanese intelligence before his handlers grew tired of his jokes, his former spiritual mentor has claimed in a newspaper article.[MORE]
7 killed in Yemen clashes: official
Four Yemeni policemen were among seven people killed in clashes between security forces and suspected Al Qaeda militants, a security official said.[MORE]
Armed guards not the answer to pirate threat: expert
International shipping expert rejects US calls for armed guards on merchant ships, after pirates seize supertanker.[MORE]
Al Qaeda propagandist gets life sentence at Guantanamo
An Al Qaeda propagandist has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of terrorism charges by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon spokesman says.[MORE]
Yemeni found guilty at Guantanamo trial
A Yemeni national who allegedly served as an al-Qaeda propagandist was found guilty of terrorism charges in the second United States military trial of a war on terror detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said on Monday (local time).[MORE]
60 refugees found dead on Yemen beach
Sixty corpses of would-be refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia were found on a beach in Yemen over the weekend after smugglers forced many of them overboard, an international aid agency said.[MORE]
At least 47 dead in Yemen storms
At least 41 people were killed in floods and six more died after being struck by lightning in Yemen.[MORE]
At least 24 dead in Yemen floods
At least 24 people have died in Yemen after floods caused by heavy rains swept through the south-eastern province of Hadramaut, officials said.[MORE]
At least 18 dead in Yemen floods
At least 18 people died in Yemen when floods caused by heavy rains swept through the south-eastern province of Hadramaut, which has been declared a disaster zone, officials said.[MORE]
US court overturns terror convictions of two Yemenis
A US federal appeals court in New York has overturned the convictions of two Yemenis who were tried on charges of supporting Al Qaeda, officials have said.[MORE]
52 Somalian refugees dead after being left adrift
At least 52 Somalis have died off the coast of Yemen after the ship smuggling them broke down and they were left adrift for 18 days without food or water, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said.[MORE]
Yemen rounds up Al Qaeda-linked group
Yemen has arrested six members of an Islamic militant group which claimed an attack on the US embassy that killed 19 people, a state-run website has said.[MORE]
Yemen arrests 30 after US embassy attack
Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda following an attack on the heavily fortified US embassy in Sanaa, a security source said on Thursday.[MORE]
19 arrested over US embassy attack in Yemen: report
Yemeni authorities have arrested 19 people suspected of being connected to Al Qaeda and having links to Wednesday's attack on the heavily fortified US embassy in Sanaa, Al-Arabiya television reported.[MORE]
