Until 1990 north and south Yemen were governed separately, and this divide continues to fuel conflict. In late 2014 separatist Houthi rebels seized the capital of Sanaa in an attempted coup.

The leader of the Houthi rebels in Yemen warned Tuesday that they are ready to mount an attack on Israel if the war in Gaza ...

Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels on Thursday threatened to launch new attacks if the United States and Israel go ahead with plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza.

The war in Yemen has killed more than 150,000 people, including fighters and civilians. The Iranian-backed Houthis have been ...

AhlulBayt News Agency: A campaign to clean mosques to prepare for the holy month of Ramadan began in Yemen. Head of the ...

DUBAI - The United Nations World Food Programme said on Tuesday that one of its staff members had died in detention in ...

The rebels in recent months have detained dozens of U.N. staffers, as well as people associated with aid groups, civil society and the once-open U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital.

The United Nations has paused all operations in Yemen's Sa'ada region after more U.N. staff were detained by the Houthi authorities, deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Monday. "This ...

The World Food Programme said one of its staff members died while in detention in northern Yemen but didn't provide a cause ...

CAIRO -- The United Nations World Food Programme said Tuesday that an aid worker has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by Houthi rebels. The announcement came a day after the U.N ...

The decision to pause all operations and programmes in northern Saada came after eight UN staff were detained by the ...