Impoverished Yemen is reeling under the threat of Al-Qaeda, northern Shiite rebels and southern secessionists, but a lack of water is putting its ancient capital at even greater risk, experts say. Within a decade -- or even less -- Sanaa could become the first waterless capital in the world, they warn, adding the outlook is also bleak for the rest of this ...

The chief of Shiite rebels in northern Yemen appeared in a video posted on the Internet on Friday denying his own death in a military air strike in December, as claimed by the government. "All these allegations are fabricated and baseless," Abdul Malek al-Huthi said in the video in response to the reports that he had been either killed or ...

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Afrah Ali Said often recalls the days when she could go out with her family in just a shirt and trousers to enjoy a cool evening breeze on Aden's beaches. That was two decades ago. She lived in what was then the socialist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Many women's rights guaranteed by that ...

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Abdulrahman al-Wali, who teaches engineering at Yemen's Aden University, starts his working day in a cramped room with no telephone or computer. "This mess is my office," he shrugged, gesturing at the seven desks and six chairs packed into the small space meant to accommodate 14 lecturers at the state-run institution. "Nothing has been invested in ...