Yemen
Al-Qaida Says It Killed American Teacher In Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the killing of American teacher Joel Shrum.
Thursday's statement, which was posted on a militant website, accuses the 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, of proselytizing in the mainly Muslim Arab nation
Red Cross Confirms Staff Kidnapped In Yemen
GENEVA (AP) — Three Red Cross workers including a foreign national have been kidnapped while traveling in Yemen's restive south, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.
The three — an ICRC delegate and her Yemeni driver, and a staff member of the Yemeni Red Crescent— were delivering food to refugees in the province of Lahj north of the port city of Aden, said an ICRC spokesman in Geneva
