Yemeni security officials say the country's former prime minister is preparing to flee after separatists seized the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden in fierce battles overnight.
Government forces fired on anti-India protesters on Saturday and killed a teenage student on the second day of violent clashes in the disputed Himalayan region, police said.
Thousands of separatists rallied in Yemen's main southern city Aden Wednesday demanding renewed independence for the region on the 20th anniversary of a secession bid that was crushed by northern troops.