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YEMEN

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2015
Iran naval presence off Yemen established
Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported, establishing a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign to oust the Iran-allied Houthi movement.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
Houthis rebels seize Yemen base near key shipping lane; Saudis target advance on Aden
Yemen's Houthis seized an army base overlooking a key shipping lane in the Red Sea, while Saudi Arabia said its bombing campaign has contained the rebel advance toward the port of Aden.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2015
Yemen ports under blockade; Saudis say airstrikes to intensify
The Saudi-led coalition that's fighting against Shiite rebels in Yemen said it completed a blockade of the country's ports and is ready to step up airstrikes.
WORLD
Mar 31, 2015
India asks Saudi to help evacuate citizens from grave situation in Yemen
India asked Saudi Arabia on Monday to help evacuate its citizens from Yemen, where more than 4,000 Indians, over half of them nurses, are caught up in fighting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2015
As dialogue remains distant, fighting and airstrikes rage across Yemen
Yemeni fighters loyal to Saudi-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi clashed with Iranian-allied Houthi fighters on Sunday in Aden, the absent leader's last major foothold in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2015
Pakistan evacuates hundreds during pause in Yemen airstrikes: Saudi official
Pakistan evacuated about 500 of its nationals by plane from Yemen on Sunday during a brief pause in airstrikes by a Saudi-led military coalition against Shiite Muslim Houthi forces, a Saudi military spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2015
Diplomats, U.N. staffers flee Yemen as Houthis target Aden
Saudi Arabia's navy evacuated dozens of diplomats from Yemen on Saturday and the United Nations pulled out international staff after a third night of Saudi-led airstrikes trying to stem advances by Iranian-allied Houthi fighters.
WORLD
Mar 28, 2015
Riyadh's Yemen gamble may define future regional role
Saudi Arabia's campaign to stop the Houthis from ruling over Yemen could define its role in the Middle East for years and shape its regional struggle with the rebels' ally Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2015
Elite Iranian guards training Yemen's Houthis -U.S. officials
The United States is increasingly concerned about training by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards for the Houthi rebels in Yemen, where Shiite militias continue to make territorial gains despite airstrikes by neighboring Saudi Arabia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2015
Another civil war in Yemen
There has not been a 25-year period since the seventh century when there was not a civil war of one sort or another in Yemen. But the one this time is frightening the neighbors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
Saudi bombs prop up failing ally in Yemen after Shiite rebel gains
Saudi Arabia led airstrikes against Shiite rebels in Yemen as it seeks to prop up an allied government facing the loss of its last remaining stronghold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2015
Oil leaps 5%, most in a month, on Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
Oil jumped about 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest daily gain in a month, as airstrikes in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies sparked fears that escalation of the Middle East battle could disrupt world crude supplies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2015
As U.S. exits Yemen, foes square off amid Saudi-Iran rivalry
Yemen's top factions are squaring off for battle after months of skirmishes, turning respectively to neighboring Saudi Arabia and its regional rival Iran for help in what may become all-out war.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2015
Iran's 'empire' grows ahead of nuclear deal
With Iran moving closer to a deal with world powers to constrain its nuclear program in return for an end to sanctions, Arab analysts and leaders are focused more on how Tehran is working unfettered to tighten its grip on Arab states, from Iraq to Lebanon, and Syria to Yemen.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2015
Pullout won't stop strikes on extremists in Yemen: U.S.
The U.S. will keep targeting extremists in Yemen even though the temporary pullout of American personnel there will hamper counterterrorism efforts, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2015
U.N. paints Iraq-Libya-Syria scenario for Yemen conflict
The United Nations warned on Sunday that Yemen's conflict could become an "Iraq-Libya-Syria" scenario if either side pushes for control of the country, prompting the U.N. Security Council to threaten further measures if the hostilities do not end.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2015
Gunmen kidnap Frenchwoman and Yemeni driver in Sanaa
Gunmen kidnapped a Frenchwoman and her Yemeni driver in Yemen's capital on Tuesday morning as she was on her way to work, Yemeni security sources and French authorities said.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2015
Yemen's disintegration
Sustained chaos in Yemen could allow violent groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida to use the country as a base for operations elsewhere.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2015
This is no time to abandon Yemen
To ensure that the recent overthrow of its government by the Shiite Houthi rebel movement does not deal Yemen the lethal blow that it has avoided so far, the international community must not abandon the country in what may be its hour of greatest need.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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