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Court rejects case against US drone strikes

Thu, 28 May 2015 12:10:08 +0200

A German court on Wednesday rejected a complaint by three Yemenis demanding that Berlin bar Washington from using a US base on its territory to operate deadly drones.

Yemeni sues Germany over US drone strikes

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:54:00 +0200

A relative of two men killed by a US drone strike in Yemen has brought a court case against the German government, alleging it was complicit in the attack by allowing a US air base on German soil.

Islamists threaten to behead German hostage

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:25:00 +0200

Islamist militants in the Philippines have reportedly threatened to kill one of their two German hostages over German support for the US-led campaign against jihadists in Iraq and Syria.

Hostage horror in Yemen, hostage hope in Somalia

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:03:00 +0200

UPDATE: American-German journalist Michael Scott Moore was released on Tuesday from more than two-and-a-half years in the captivity of pirates in Somalia. His release came the day a German family was confirmed dead, five years after being captured in Yemen.

Yemen tribesmen free German hostage

Wed, 14 May 2014 10:43:00 +0200

Yemeni tribesmen have freed a German in his 60s whom they kidnapped in the capital in late January and who reportedly needs urgent medical treatment, state media said on Tuesday.

German kidnapped in Yemen by tribesmen

Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:15:00 +0100

A German citizen snatched from the Yemeni capital is being held in a tribal region to the east, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Sunday.

Germany tells citizens to get out of Yemen

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:40:00 +0100

Germany's Foreign Ministry told its citizens to leave Yemen on Friday after a suicide bomb attack and gun battle killed at least 52 people, including two German doctors.

Europe tells Yemen to act over German death

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:09:00 +0200

European Union ministers urged Yemen on Monday to deliver in a probe into the killing of a security official working at Germany's embassy in the country.

German embassy guard shot dead in Yemen

Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:46:00 +0200

UPDATE: Gunmen shot dead the German ambassador's bodyguard in Yemen on Sunday as others kidnapped a Sierra Leonean working for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), sources said.

Germany shuts Yemen embassy over security

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:00:00 +0200

Germany will close its embassy in Yemen on Sunday and Monday for security reasons, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said Saturday.

Germany pledges €265 million to Yemen

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:10:00 +0100

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has pledged €265 million in aid to Yemen during a visit to the impoverished Arabian peninsula country, according to the state-run Saba news agency.

Germany closes embassy in Yemen

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:02:00 +0200

Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced Saturday that Germany would close its embassy in Yemen as the strife-torn country slides towards civil war.

Germany eases ban on flights from Yemen

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:34:00 +0100

The German government said Saturday it has relaxed its ban on flights from Yemen, allowing passenger planes to travel between the two countries but still forbidding freight.

Berlin demands security crackdown on cargo

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:30:00 +0100

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for tighter security measures for international cargo shipments and postal services, one day after an explosive package was discovered in the Chancellery’s mailroom.

Yemen angry over flight ban

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:05:00 +0100

Yemen criticised Tuesday Germany's decision to ban flights from its airports after the discovery of parcel bombs on US-bound planes, saying it needs help to fight terrorism and not punishment.

Flight ban extended to Yemeni passenger jets

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:33:00 +0100

Germany has extended a ban on air freight from Yemen to passenger flights, a Transport Ministry spokesman said Monday, after parcel bombs posted in that country were found on US-bound cargo flights.

Germany stops freight planes from Yemen

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:35:00 +0100

Germany will no longer accept air freight from Yemen, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced late Saturday after parcel bombs posted in that country were found on US-bound cargo flights.

Yemen question German after suicide attack on UK ambassador

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:11:00 +0200

Yemeni authorities are questioning a German, an Iraqi and two Yemenis in connection with a failed suicide attack on the British ambassador in Sanaa, the ministry of defence website said on Thursday.

Kidnapped German girls rescued in Yemen

Tue, 18 May 2010 10:41:00 +0200

Saudi security forces have freed two German girls kidnapped with their brother and parents in Yemen last year in an apparent cross-border military operation, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

Yemenis demand $2 mln for German hostages

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:08:00 +0100

Yemeni hostage-takers holding a family of five Germans and a Briton since June are demanding a ransom of $2 million for their release, news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.