Members of Diploma Nursing Association stage a demonstration in front of the National Press Club on Saturday protesting technical nursing education policy.

Clashes in northwest Yemen leave 30 dead

Reuters, Sanaa :At least 30 people were killed over two days of clashes between Shi’ite Muslim insurgents and Sunni Salafi tribesmen in Yemen’s northwestern al-Jawf province, the provincial governor said, as chaos reigns two years after mass protests ousted the country’s leader.Shi’ite Houthi fighters are trying to strengthen their hold on the north – just one of the challenges facing an interim government also battling southern separatists, al Qaeda-linked militants and an economic crisis.Strategically positioned next to top oil exporter...

10 Mar 2014, 12:00 am