Eric Schmitt And Scott Shane New York Times

Senior State Department and American military officials are deeply divided over the pace and scale of military aid to Yemen, which is emerging as a crucial testing ground for the Obama administration's approach to countering the threat from Al-Qaida.As the terrorism network's Yemen branch threatens new attacks on the United States, the United State...

Two United States residents of Yemeni descent who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam on Sunday night were detained by the Dutch police after landing on Monday in a bizarre episode that American officials feared might be a dry run for a terrorist plot.But American law enforcement officials cautioned on Monday night that the men had not been charged with...

Senior State Department and American military officials are deeply divided over the pace and scale of military aid to Yemen, which is emerging as a crucial testing ground for the Obama administration's approach to countering the threat from Al-Qaida.As the terrorism network's Yemen branch threatens new attacks on the United States, the United State...

Two United States residents of Yemeni descent who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam on Sunday night were detained by the Dutch police after landing on Monday in a bizarre episode that American officials feared might be a dry run for a terrorist plot.But American law enforcement officials cautioned on Monday night that the men had not been charged with...