via BBC News The US state department has issued a travel alert to Americans, warning of a heightened risk of violence worldwide in the wake of the killing of key al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. The US-born radical Islamist cleric was killed by US drones in Yemen on Friday. The state department warned his death would […]
via BBC News Confusion reigns in Yemen after President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment, a day after he was wounded. Questions are being asked whether Mr Saleh – who has several times promised to give up power – will return, a BBC correspondent in Yemen says. His departure leaves […]
via BBC News Officials in the capital Sanaa confirmed the government had accepted the plan drawn up by Gulf Arab states. Mr Saleh will hand power to his vice-president one month after an agreement is signed with the opposition, in return for immunity from prosecution. At least 120 people have died during two months of […]
