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French police continue questioning ten suspected far-right terrorists arrested on Saturday over an alleged plot to attack Muslims. An extension to their detention was authorised late last night.
2018-06-26

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) pleads not guilty to charges of blaspheming Islam during a September 27 campaign speech. Ahok is an ethnic Chinese Christian.
2016-12-13

An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition kills 25 civilians and wounds 50 in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Last week a ceasefire agreement was reached.
2015-07-13

The United States sends aircraft carrier USS "Theodore Roosevelt" and cruiser USS "Normandy" to block an Iranian convoy heading towards Yemen.
2015-04-20

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader and U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki is reported killed in Yemen.
2011-09-30

Two anti-government protesters are killed by Yemeni security forces.
2011-05-12

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh scraps an offer to resign by the end of this year, as Islamist militants take control of a town in the south of the country.
2011-03-27

Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni cleric affiliated with al-Queda, tells Muslims in a new video posting that they are free to kill American at will, in retaliation for the killing of civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
2010-11-9

Yemen charges militant Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki with incitement to kill foreigners.
2010-11-2

A US-born Yemenite cleric linked to Al-Qaeda, Anwar Al-Awlaki, advocates the killing of US civilians in a new Al Qaeda video.
2010-05-27