Saudi Arabia says Houthi drone lands in school; no injuries

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Sunday a bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels crash-landed in the premises of a school in the province of Asir near the kingdom’s southern border. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the...

Officials: Explosion kills 6 separatists in southern Yemen

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An explosion in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Friday killed at least six separatist troops and wounded 15 people, including civilians, Yemeni security and medical officials said. The source of the explosion was not immediately known and no...

US hits alleged financing ring linking Yemen rebels, Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. leveled sanctions Thursday against a Yemeni network that it claims was cooperating with Iran's Revolutionary Guard to illicitly transfer tens of millions of dollars to Yemen's Houthi rebels. At the same time, the Biden administration also...

Yemeni news agency: Rebel missiles hit key city, killing 8

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Iran-backed rebels fires missiles on the central city of Marib on Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding as many as 27, the state news agency reported. It was the second such attack on Marib in nearly a week as rebels push to...

Yemen officials say Houthi rebel missile hits city, kills 17

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday killed at least 17 people in a government-held city, including a 5-year-old girl, officials said, as a U.S. envoy to the country accused the rebels of failing to try to reach peace in the war-wrecked...

Yemeni official says missile fired by Houthi rebels kills at least 14, including 5-year-old girl, in city of Marib

UN urges Yemen's Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to quickly allow U.N. experts to examine an oil tanker moored off the war-torn country’s coast loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil, warning there is a growing risk it could rupture or...

UN says worker died after being hit by cargo at Yemeni port

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni port worker died at the country's Red Sea port of Hodeida after he was hit by a container being offloaded from a vessel, the U.N. food program said Tuesday. The accident took place on Monday when workers were offloading a vessel carrying...

UN envoy says he's frustrated as Yemen truce talks derailed

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen on Monday expressed frustration that his efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the war-torn country have been derailed by warring parties seeking gains on the battlefield. Martin Griffiths said ongoing fighting in...

UN envoy says he held talks with Yemen's rebel negotiator

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen said Friday that he met with a top rebel negotiator to discuss the roadmap for the resolution of the impoverished Arab country's six-year conflict. Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war since 2014, when rebels known as...