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BNO News
| 2 years ago
The presidential decree asked the cabinet to be a caretaker until a new government is formed.
The announcement comes after several ministers and Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations resigned after 52 protesters, who were calling for the...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| 2 years ago
In een poging de onrust in zijn land de kop in te drukken, heeft president Ali Abdullah Saleh van Jemen zijn regering de laan uitgestuurd. Dat heeft het Jemenitische staatspersbureau Saba zondag gemeld. De ontslagen ministersploeg blijft aan als...
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Taiwan News
| 2 years ago
The U.S.-backed president of Yemen suffered a devastating political blow on Sunday when his own powerful tribe demanded his resignation, joining religious leaders, young people and the country's traditional opposition in calls for an end to his three...
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NOW Lebanon
| 2 years ago
Yemen's embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, on Sunday sacked his government in the face of massive protests demanding his resignation, the state news agency Saba reported. "The president has dismissed the government but asked the cabinet to...
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War In Context
| 2 years ago
But as I argued shortly after the 2009 Christmas Day bombing, these challenges were unlikely to bring down the regime. Security unrest could never really cripple a land that has experienced political turmoil for a thousand years. Historical...
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KSAZ
| 2 years ago
Yemen's president has fired his entire Cabinet amid escalating protests demanding his ouster. President Ali Abdullah Saleh is facing a monthlong popular uprising against him that has turned increasingly bloody in the past few days as security troops...
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The Guardian
| 2 years ago
The 150,000 turnout for the funeral at Sana'a University was by far the largest gathering seen in Yemen since protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh began in earnest over a month ago. Dozens of bodies were wrapped in Yemen's tricolour flag and...
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Financial Times
| 2 years ago
Mr Alsaidi's decision follows the resignation of the minister for human rights, the head of the state news agency, the tourism minister, and the ambassador to Lebanon, among others.
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BBC
| 2 years ago
Tens of thousands of people have turned out in Yemen at funerals for dozens of protesters shot dead on Friday. Mourners in the capital, Sanaa, gathered in a square near Sanaa University, the scene of the crackdown. Meanwhile, Yemen's ambassador to...
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Voice of America
| 2 years ago
Articles Tens of thousands of Yemenis have gathered in Sana'a for funerals of anti-government protesters shot dead by loyalists of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose own tribe has joined opposition calls for his resignation. The large crowd of...
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Tabsir
| 2 years ago
Sun 20 Mar 2011 Bombs over Qaddafi's Libya, Facebook in Yemen, and the list goes on: I am in an absorbing rather than communicating mood. There is a lot of fascinating material coming out, for example a CNN piece on social media in Yemen and the...
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Al Jazeera English
| 2 years ago
49 Abdullah Alsaidi, Yemen's ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned over the killing of 52 protesters calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. "Mr. Alsaidi has sent his resignation to the president's office and the foreign...
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Reuters
| 2 years ago
Stocks Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa March 19, 2011. Two prominent members of Yemen's ruling party resigned on Saturday in protest against the killing of...
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The Age
| 2 years ago
Story continues below Police used live fire to disperse demonstrators calling for Mr Saleh's resignation. Local human rights groups said at least four people died and at least a dozen were wounded. Yemen's Human Rights Minister, Huda al-Baan,...
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Zawya Political
| 2 years ago
Muslim clerics urged Yemeni soldiers to disobey orders and a third minister resigned after the gunning down of more than 50 protesters calling for an end to President's Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule. Leading clerics said Saleh was responsible for the...
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Macleans
| 2 years ago
Yemen's most powerful tribe has called on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down after his bloody crackdown on protesters...Al-Ahmar and several religious leaders issued a statement asking Saleh to respond to the people's demand and leave...
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NOW Lebanon
| 2 years ago
Yemen's human rights minister Huda al-Baan said she has resigned in protest from the government and ruling party after at least 52 people were killed in a sniper attack on demonstrators. Baan said in a statement late Saturday that her resignation was...
