Yemen

Al-Qaeda has blamed President Barack Obama for the deaths of a US journalist and a South African during a failed hostage rescue attempt, warning "the lives of all Americans are in danger".
      

The UN refugee agency said Nov. 8 21 bodies have been recovered after Yemen reported dozens of Ethiopian migrants drowning when their boat sank near the entrance to the Red Sea.
      

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida militants in Yemen were killed during a rescue attempt

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida militants in Yemen were killed Dec. 6 during a U.S.-led rescue attempt, a raid President Barack Obama said he ordered over an "imminent danger" to the reporter.

A suicide attacker drove a car laden with explosives at the Iranian ambassador’s residence in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Dec. 3, security officials said, killing as many as three people.

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Fighting raged in the Yemeni capital despite an announcement by the UN envoy that pro-government forces and Shiite rebels were poised to sign a deal.

Yemeni Shiite rebels agreed Friday to stop fighting Islamists and troops north of Sanaa which has killed dozens this week, in their campaign for a new government and greater political clout.