Dutch Navy raid pirate 'main' ship & release 20 captive

Reports are breaking within all the media ranks that the Dutch navy have attacked the 'main' ship used by the pirates who have been attacking commercial vessels. They captured 7 pirates but under Dutch law and...

Yemeni employees to donate wages to Gaza

"Employees of the public and mixed sectors as well as private funds are to donate a day's wages to the people of Gaza.   In its weekly meeting, the cabinet approved on Tuesday the donation of a day's wages in support for the Palestinians in the Gaza strip....

180 dead or missing after Yemen floods

It is estimated that 180 are either dead or missing after severe floods in Yemen that have also left 10,000 people homeless. Yemen is a country that is prone to flooding during the monsoon season."The U.N....

100 Somalian Migrants 'feared dead' off Yemen

This is one another incident of heinious crime against humanity by none other then pirates of Red sea.According to latest reports about 100 migrants are feared to have drowned after being thrown overboard by...

10 dead after explosions at U.S. Embassy in Yemen

"A car bomb exploded at the front gate of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen on Wednesday, killing six Yemeni guards and four civilians, a security official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the embassy in the Yemeni capital of...

Women Who Are Journalists in Yemen Persist in the Face of Discrimination

" For Yemeni women violence and spinsterhood can often result from pursuing a career, especially in the field of journalism, so only a few venture into the media industry."The most common reason why the majority...

Yemeni man yells, “I have a bomb” on Amtrak train

"Lock him up, and throw away the key, please. "... a 23-year-old Yemeni man named Basel Saleh Salem Kassem got into an argument with another man on the train and then yelled that he had a bomb.“Allegedly he was causing a disturbance on the train and the conductor attempted...

Yemeni Cultural Day - Sheffield

Sheffield has a large Yemeni population and on this day there was a celebtration of all aspects of Yemeni culture with live music, authentic food and arts & crafts.  It was run in connection with 'Coal,...

US$4.3 million offer for 400-year-old Al-Qur`an

""I might agree to part with it if I get a good offer. The last offer I got was for $4.3m," Saeed Ali Al Suwaidi told IINA. He said he went to Makkah in Ramadan last year and had a chance meeting with a Yemeni Islamic scholar. "We began talking after a preliminary...

Yemen Red Sea Eruption Described as Catastrophic

"A Canadian Navy spokesman described the volcanic eruption as "catastrophic." The eruption collapsed part of the island of Jabal al-Tair and covered the rest with lava. Six NATO ships searched for hours without...

Volcano erupts, Canadian ship rescues soldier

A Canadian Navy ship has rescued one and retrieved the bodies of two soldiers after a volcanic eruption on a small island in the Red Sea.

BREAKING VIDEO: Major Volcanic Eruption Near Yemen

"A volcanic eruption off the Red Sea coast of Yemen spewed lava hundreds of yards into the air Sunday evening and at least 9 people were missing at sea. The eruption occurred on Jazirt Mount al-Tair, an island...

Leading Yemeni Journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani Arrested

Is there some undeclared war on reporters? - The Angryindian--------------------------------------"In 2004, prominent Yemeni journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani wrote from jail, "I believe in democracy, freedom,...

Govenment SMS news ban attacked by journalists

Today I see the first example of a Government blocking new technology for the delivery of news via SMS, I wonder how long it will be before they block the recording of it by Citizen Journalists?Yesterday I put up a piece form the BBC about how Blair saw the media as a feral...

Yemen Government restricts SMS news services

"Just a reminder at how much freedom of information most of the world has, despite our own governments influencing media.      Government restricts SMS news services     The government has been restricting some SMS news services and blocking...

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