Yemen

Intense fighting between the forces of the two former allies has left the city's presidential palace surrounded — and the cabinet, including Prime Minister Ahmed Obaid Bin Daghar, stuck inside.

Separatists have traded gunfire with Yemen's government forces, shattering their uneasy alliance against the Houthi rebels. The broken pact could spell trouble for a Saudi-led coalition, too.

A café owner in Dearborn, Mich., sees himself as part entrepreneur, part cultural ambassador for his home country, which is more associated with war than being the world's first coffee exporter.

The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the terrible landmark Thursday, roughly eight months after the outbreak first took hold in the war-ravaged country.

Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are fighting a Saudi-led coalition, said Tuesday they aimed at a royal palace in the Saudi kingdom. Videos appear to show the missile exploding in midair over Riyadh.

It's thought of as a disease of the past. But now there are outbreaks in Yemen and Bangladesh.

An official with the international aid group CARE talks about the ongoing humanitarian disaster — and what to expect in the months ahead.

Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed Monday, never wavered in his belief that only he could lead the Yemenis. But he fueled societal divisions by playing enemies off each other to weaken his opposition.

Saleh, who led Yemen for over three decades before resigning several years ago, had been allied with Houthi rebels against a Saudi-led coalition — until that pact appeared to fracture in recent days.

Badly needed shipments of food and vaccines have arrived at some Yemeni air- and seaports, which have been closed for about three weeks by the Saudis in retaliation for an attempted missile strike.