Theodore Karasik

DUBAI (Reuters) - Satellite television channels are widening the divide between Arabs and Iranians by airing alleged calls by Iran for revolt in Gulf states and what Tehran sees as Western-driven cultural propaganda aimed at toppling its Islamic theocracy.

SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least five people protesting against a deal to end the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen's capital on Thursday, a day after the president bowed to pressure and agreed to step down, while the army killed 17 Islamists in the south.

SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least five people protesting against a deal to end the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh in the Yemeni capital Thursday, a day after the president bowed to popular pressure and agreed to step down.

SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least five people protesting against a deal to end the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh in the Yemeni capital Thursday, a day after the president bowed to popular pressure and agreed to step down.

DUBAI (Reuters) - The world's top planemakers issued bullish forecasts for demand from the Middle East on Monday, underlining the region's importance to the industry a day after Boeing <BA.N> unveiled a blockbuster deal to sell 50 of its 777 jetliners to host airline Emirates.

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and the United States traded charges with Iran Wednesday over an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, deepening divisions and sharpening a contest for power in the oil-rich Gulf.

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Tuesday he would soon return home from Saudi Arabia where he is recovering from a June assassination attempt that followed months of mass protests against his 33 years in power.

Jul (Reuters) - Western security agencies were most likely behind the killing of an Iranian scientist in an operation that underlines the myriad complications in the conflict over Iran's nuclear program, analysts say.

ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into an army checkpoint outside Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 21 others, officials and medical sources said.

ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into an army checkpoint outside Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 21 others, officials and medical sources said.

DUBAI/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni security sources said their forces had killed two al Qaeda leaders in the south during an offensive in the flashpoint Abyan province as it seeks to regain areas seized by Islamist militants.

Saudi Arabia's hunger for weapons, initially aimed at staving off the threat of Iran, has grown with the upcoming US withdrawal from Iraq and instability in Yemen and Bahrain, analysts say.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has appointed an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos, al Jazeera said Wednesday, citing Pakistani security sources.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Members of militant Islamist forums vowed on Monday to avenge the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden, while others prayed the news was not true.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Members of militant Islamist forums said on Monday they prayed the news of Osama bin Laden's death was not true and hinted at retaliation if it was.

SANAA (Reuters) - Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told a huge rally of supporters on Friday that he would sacrifice everything for his country, suggesting he has no plans to step down yet.

SANAA (Reuters) - Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told a huge rally of supporters on Friday that he would sacrifice everything for his country, suggesting he has no plans to step down yet.

SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Dancing in circles with decorative daggers, tribesmen seem a festive addition to anti-government rallies in Sanaa. But to some, they signal the potential for Yemen protests to split the country apart.

SANAA (Reuters) - Opposition supporters swore on Wednesday to keep up their protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule despite violence in which one anti-government demonstrator was killed.

SANAA (Reuters) - The United States warned citizens in Yemen Sunday to consider departing as protests seeking the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh gather momentum, saying the security risk in the impoverished state was extremely high.