Read our exclusive interview with Shojaa al-Mahdi, director-general of the Yemen coast guard authority, who explains how Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden are so effective.
Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni vessel, the MV Amani, in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. This comes on the heels of an increase in Somali attacks on pirate ships, some of which have included ransom demands.
The UN's refugee agency said Tuesday that 180 people were either dead or missing after devastating floods rocked Yemen, forcing more than 10,000 people to flee their homes.
An estimated 100 people are dead or missing in Yemen following days of vast flooding. Airborne rescue operations are evacuating Hadramaut and Mahara provinces, which have been hit by torrential downpours.
An estimated 100 people are dead or missing in Yemen following days of vast flooding. Airborne rescue operations are evacuating Hadramaut and Mahara provinces, which have been hit by torrential downpours.
At least 52 Somali died in the Gulf of Aden as they were making their way to Yemen, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Sunday. Yemen coastguards rescued 71 passengers after their boat suffered an engine failure.
The double car bomb attack on the US embassy in Yemen is mobilising American bloggers. Also on the Web: reactions to the financial crisis continue, including that of Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics.
Nineteen people suspected of al Qaeda links were arrested by Yemeni authorities following Wednesday's attack against a fortified US embassy compound in the capital Sanaa, media reports say.
The United States suspect the al Qaeda terror network of being behind the attack on the US embassy in Yemen, condemning the strike that left 16 dead. President Bush denounced "extremists" ready to "murder innocent people."
