Although outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has signed a deal to step down and is coming to the United States, many in the opposition movement are skeptical that they've seen the last of him. The longtime U.S. ally has faced almost a year of protest against...

Yemeni officials on Tuesday dismissed rumors that next month's presidential elections in Yemen would be delayed, after the foreign minister said this week that the unrest is making the election date “too difficult.” Vice President Abdurabu Hadi, the military strongman...

Opposition groups in Yemen have accused contested President Ali Abdullah Saleh of allowing al-Qaeda militants to seize the town of Radaa, who later broke into its jail and freed more than 200 prisoners. About 250 militants stormed Radaa, according to reports on the...

Sectarian Violence in North as Yemeni Govt Issues Ultimatum | Demands rivals remove barricades in two days

Yemen's interim government has approved a proposed deal to underscore the amnesty for disputed president Ali Abdullah Saleh and extend it to his entire civilian, military, and security apparatus. The opposition protest movement, which is still ongoing throughout the...

Granting amnesty to Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who perpetrated human rights abuses and possible war crimes, would be against international law, the UN human rights chief has said. "I have been closely following the events in Yemen, particularly the very...