A wave of arrests in January has intensified the climate of fear - one person from the World Food Programme who was detained ...

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.

Israel too has struck Yemen in response to Houthi attacks ... The latest strikes came as thousands took to the streets of the capital Sanaa to express solidarity with Palestinians and Lebanese ...

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 ...

The Houthis in Yemen have unilaterally released 153 prisoners ... The “conflict-related detainees” were released in the capital, Sanaa on Saturday, and had received regular visits by the ...

The United Nations said Monday it suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they ...

Previous prisoner releases have been viewed as a means to jumpstart talks over permanently ending Yemen's decadelong war, which began when the Houthis seized the country's capital, Sanaa ...

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 rebels 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. None of the U.N. staffers has ...

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

Previous prisoner releases have been viewed as a means to jump-start talks over permanently ending Yemen’s decade-long war, which began when the Houthis seized the country’s capital ...