Gunmen In Aden

There is no trace of the Catholic priest from Kerala, taken away by unidentified gunmen following Friday's attack on a care home for the elderly in Yemen's Aden, that left four nuns dead and another missing but External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured all help, c said.

Yemeni forces today clashed with Al-Qaeda militants in Aden as the Saudi-led coalition provided air cover, in a bid to drive the jihadists out of the city, security officials said.

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior Yemeni militia leader and four people travelling in his convoy in the southern city of Aden, residents and militia sources said today.

Secessionist gunmen in southern Yemen today seized all police checkpoints in a major city, witnesses said, in another blow to the central government undermined by Shiite militants in Sanaa.

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed two Yemeni soldiers and wounded five on Monday in the southern province of Abyan, a stronghold of the jihadists, a military official said.

Al-Qaeda gunmen have killed two people in southeast Yemen because they believed they were practising witchcraft and sorcery, which are forbidden under Islam, a security official told AFP on Sunday.

Yemeni security officials say gunmen have attacked a bus carrying nurses from a military hospital in the southern city of Aden, killing eight people, including two women, and wounding around a dozen others.

There is no trace of the Catholic priest from Kerala, taken away by unidentified gunmen following Friday's attack on a care home for the elderly in Yemen's Aden, that left four nuns dead and another missing but External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured all help, c said.

Yemeni forces today clashed with Al-Qaeda militants in Aden as the Saudi-led coalition provided air cover, in a bid to drive the jihadists out of the city, security officials said.

Unknown gunmen shot and killed a senior Yemeni militia leader and four people travelling in his convoy in the southern city of Aden, residents and militia sources said today.

Secessionist gunmen in southern Yemen today seized all police checkpoints in a major city, witnesses said, in another blow to the central government undermined by Shiite militants in Sanaa.

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed two Yemeni soldiers and wounded five on Monday in the southern province of Abyan, a stronghold of the jihadists, a military official said.

Al-Qaeda gunmen have killed two people in southeast Yemen because they believed they were practising witchcraft and sorcery, which are forbidden under Islam, a security official told AFP on Sunday.

Yemeni security officials say gunmen have attacked a bus carrying nurses from a military hospital in the southern city of Aden, killing eight people, including two women, and wounding around a dozen others.