Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday that Yemeni police have dismantled a "terrorist cell linked to the Israeli intelligence services."

"Members of a terrorist cell were arrested five days ago, and will be put on trial for links with the Israeli intelligence services," Saleh said in speech in the south-eastern province of Hadhramout.

Quoted by the official Saba news agency, Saleh said, however, the cell was operating under the "slogan of Islam."

Sana'a, Yemen  - Three powerful explosions shook three police buildings late Tuesday in the southern Yemeni city of Zunjubar, but no casualties were reported.

Witnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that two explosions were heard outside the compound of the Central Police force in the city, about 60 kilometres east of the southern port city of Aden.

The third blast hit the headquarters of the Criminal Police agency, they said, adding that the blast might have been the result of projectiles fired at the buildings.

Ahwar, Yemen - Human traffickers brought more than 400 African migrants to t

Sana'a, Yemen  - Armed tribesmen freed two Colombian engineers after three days of captivity in southern Yemen, local officials said Monday.

"The two men were freed and they are in good condition," Yaslam Abu-Sitt, the mayor of the Ahwar district in the southern province of Abyan, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

He said the kidnappers handed the two hostages to the governor of Abyan Ahmad al-Maisary after tribal dignitaries mediated a solution for the crisis.

Abu-Sitt further said the kidnappers received guarantees from government officials that their demands would be met.

Sana'a, Yemen  - Armed tribesmen abducted two Colombian engineers in south-eastern Yemen Friday in

Houdieda, Yemen - Yemen will pursue and bring to justice those responsible for the terrorist attack on the US embassy, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said late Thursday.

In a speech at the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Saleh said the attack "did not target the US embassy, but rather the Yemeni nation."

"The nation is being targeted by terrorism. I promise you, I promise all the sons of this nation, that we will pursue them in their villages and districts until they are captured and brought to justice," he said.