Mar 01 Watch 8:25 Questions persist about deadly Yemen raid and its results By PBS News Hour More than a month after a controversial U.S. Special Operations raid in Yemen -- during which Navy SEAL Ryan Owens was killed -- there are still questions about how the mission was authorized, what it accomplished and more. Chief foreign… Continue watching
Feb 20 Photo: Preventing polio in Yemen By News Desk A Yemeni child receives polio vaccination during an immunization campaign at a health center in the capital of Sanaa. Continue reading
Feb 10 Immigration ban reveals a nation divided By Laura Santhanam Now halted by a temporary court-ordered stay, President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Syrian refugees and blocking travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations created chaos at airports and left thousands of travelers in limbo. But beyond the immediate headlines, the order… Continue reading
Feb 10 UN: Yemen fighting displaced tens of thousands more people By Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press SANAA, Yemen — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that tens of thousands of people have been displaced amid the latest escalation of fighting along Yemen's western coastline. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 5:44 Debate on wisdom of deadly Yemen raid gets political By PBS News Hour Questions linger over the deadly raid by U.S. Navy SEALS targeting al-Qaida in Yemen in late January. Now the success or failure of the military operation has become a political debate. Audie Cornish speaks with Nancy Youssef, national security correspondent… Continue watching
Feb 03 State Dept: Fewer than 60,000 visas canceled by Trump order By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Up to 60,000 foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries had their visas canceled after President Donald Trump's executive order blocked them from traveling to the U.S., the State Department said Friday. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 7:49 What went wrong in the deadly raid on al-Qaida in Yemen? By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump authorized a raid in Yemen over the weekend with the goal of targeting an al-Qaida stronghold. Details of the planning and execution have come under scrutiny; a Navy SEAL died, a transport aircraft had to be destroyed… Continue watching
Jan 29 1 U.S. service member killed, 3 wounded in Yemen raid By Ahmed Al-Haj and Maggie Michael, Associated Press The U.S. military said Sunday that one service member was killed and three others wounded in a raid in Yemen targeting its local al-Qaida branch. Continue reading
Dec 13 U.S. halts some arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen deaths concerns By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The United States is terminating some sales of military arms to Saudi Arabia over concerns about the killing of civilians in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday, while ramping up support for Saudi's border defenses… Continue reading
Dec 08 Facing war and hunger, momentum for women’s rights slows in Yemen By Larisa Epatko In Yemen, where forces loyal to the government are clashing with Houthi rebels, millions are going hungry. Because food is so scarce, aid groups are finding they have to focus on life-saving measures and set women’s empowerment efforts aside –… Continue reading