Across Asia: Yemen

Air strikes kill 16

Yemeni Shi'ite rebels who have launched a rebellion in the north of the poorest Arab country said yesterday Saudi Arabian warplanes killed 16 Yemenis in a barrage of strikes over two days in the Yemen-Saudi border area.

The Houthi rebels - named after their leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi - said on their website six people were killed and six more wounded when strikes destroyed two houses on Sunday.