Topic: Yemen

Yemen's Saleh needs treatment abroad: UN envoy

Yemen's sidelined President Ali Abdullah Saleh needs "serious" medical treatment which will force him to go abroad, the UN envoy to the country said Wednesday.UN representative Jamal Benomar also highlighted international fears over the spread of Al-Qaeda's influence in Yemen where the ...

Awlaki video urges U.S. Muslims to join al Qaeda

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on U.S. Muslims to join the group in the Middle East in a video released on Tuesday.Awlaki, identified by U.S. intelligence as "chief ...

Jury finds Massachusetts man guilty of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of conspiring to support al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him and faces ...

Jury finds man guilty of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of supporting al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and supporting militants through traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him and ...

Massachusetts man found guilty of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of supporting al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and supporting militants through traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him.Mehanna was ...

Jury finds Massachusetts man guilty of aiding terrorism

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of supporting al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and supporting militants through traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him.Mehanna was ...

Jury deliberates fate of man accused of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Friday began deliberating the fate of a Massachusetts man accused of supporting al Qaeda by translating texts and videos from Arabic to English and distributing them online.Tarek Mehanna, 29, of Sudbury, Massachusetts was arrested in 2009 ...

US defence chief visits Djibouti for terror talks

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta held talks Tuesday with Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh on tackling terrorism during a visit to the Red Sea state, home to the only US army base in Africa."Djibouti is a central location for continuing the efforts ...

US man convicted in plot to help Al-Qaeda branch

A Texas man who had been in contact with the late US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi was found guilty Monday of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, officials said.A judge delivered the verdict against Barry Walter Bujol, a ...

Yemen tribesmen free abducted Uzbek doctor: official

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen have freed an Uzbek doctor they had abducted eight months ago in protest against an airstrike on their area, a local official said early Monday.The man was handed to mediators late Sunday and was on his way ...
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