Fighting Spreads Across Yemen -- Al Jazeera
Days of armed clashes between tribal fighters and government troops have turned the capital Sanaa into a battleground.
Fighting has continued in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, between forces loyal to the president and those allied to an opposition tribal group.
Much of the fighting has happened in the Hasaba district in the northern part of the city on Thursday, where fighters from the Hashed tribal confederation confront forces loyal to President Ali Abdallah Saleh.
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MIDDLE EAST
Flights suspended as Yemen fighting intensifies. AQAP seizes 2nd city in southern Yemen.
SYRIA: 15 killed as government troops continue to pound central town. Russia warns NATO not to aid Syrian protesters.
Bahraini government lifts emergency rule. Bahrain sees new clashes as martial law lifted.
ANALYSIS-Palestinian unity deal going nowhere fast.
Dispute grows as Egyptian gas is still not flowing to Israel.
ASIA
Japanese prime minister survives no-confidence vote after offering to resign.
Day-long attack kills 23 in northwestern Pakistan. Pakistan: 63 die in border clash with militants. Nearly 30 Pakistani police, 40 militants killed in raid.
DPRK rejects Seoul's summit proposal.
China rejects Gmail spying claims.
AFRICA
Series of NATO strikes target Tripoli. Fighting continues across Libya. Airstrikes continue in Tripoli as rebels prepare to advance. Libyan rebels in a fight they don’t control. Libya conflict: UN accuses both sides of war crimes.
US urges immediate north-south Sudan talks on Abyei crisis.
Burundi peacekeepers in Somalia 'unpaid'.
Raucous crowd confronts Egypt military leaders.
Egypt sets Aug. 3 for Mubarak's 'trial of the century'.
Nigerian 'baby factory' raided, 32 teenage girls freed.
EUROPE
Lawyer says document proves Mladic has cancer. War crime suspect Mladic has cancer.
Greece goes further into junk territory. Greece default risk at 50:50 says Moody's.
U.K. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley: funding crisis threatens the NHS.
Russia bans EU vegetables over outbreak.
AMERICAS
At least four dead in Massachusetts storms. Tornadoes Tear Through Mass. Leaving four dead, dozens injured.
Romney to announce White House bid, declare 'Obama has failed America'.
Prisons in chaos: Another warden gunned down in Mexico.
Peru faces divisive election cliffhanger.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Brash and violent: al-Qaida's new mouthpieces.
US-Pakistan form an anti-terror squad.
Al Qaeda leader and bin Laden associate captured in northern Afghanistan.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Asia’s new growth model (a commentary).
Horror for US economy as data falls off cliff.
Bull market in stocks is ending: Strategists.
Global war on drugs a failure, high-level panel says. Global war on drugs 'has failed' say former leaders.
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