Yemen News

A report from local officials say at least 13 people have been killed while on their way to a wedding in Yemen. The strike happened Thursday (Dec. 12) in a village in central Al-Bayda province.

An airstrike targeted a convoy of guests to a wedding after mistaking the group for Al-Qaeda. The strike left 15 dead, with another 5 wounded.

At least 52 people have been killed in a suicide bombing attack Thursday at a hospital in the Defense Ministry compound in the capital city of Sanaa, Yemen.

A dance during a Yemen wedding celebration, to the tune of PSY's "Gangnam Style," quickly turned horrific when a guest fired his AK-47 in an attempt to celebrate, but instead hit other guests.

This month the Obama administration agreed to provide military aid to three nations listed by the U.S. State Department as employing child soldiers after granting waivers to avoid a law prohibiting the aid.

Police in Yemen say a father burned his 15-year-old daughter to death because she had been in contact with her fiancé prior to their weeding.

A former US State Department official in Yemen claims that for every al-Qaeda militant killed by a drone strike, 40-60 new "enemies of America" are created.

Mukalla - Dozens of unidentified gunmen, have taken over a Yemeni army compound in the southeast port city of al-Mukalla. According to reports at least three soldiers were killed and six wounded as the attackers took control of the compound.

London - Baraa Shiban is a well-known Yemeni anti-drone activist. Shiban is also a project co-ordinator for the London-based legal charity Reprieve.

Sanaa - Militants in Yemen mounted attacks in the south of Yemen. Two car bombs killed 21 soldiers at a military camp near the coast. Ten police were killed in the town of Mayfaa.