Yemen government troops have killed 40 militants in a push to drive out al-Qaida fighters from the last town under their control in the southern Abyan province.

A Yemen government warplane has mistakenly bombed an army position in the country’s south, killing at least 30 soldiers.

President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when rebellious tribesmen struck his palace with rockets, targeting him for the first time in a dramatic escalation of fighting that has turned parts of the Yemeni capital into a battleground and pushed the country toward civil war.

Two young German girls rescued after year-long kidnap ordeal in Yemen are heading back to Germany, the Saudi government announced today.