Yemen War

It looks like the bloody war in Yemen, where the Iranians backed the rebel Houthis and Saudi Arabia the internationally recognized government, will come to an end

Oman, which borders both Yemen and Saudi Arabia, has actively engaged in brokering a truce in Yemen in coordination with the UN peace efforts

Deadly clashes erupted between rival security units across various residential neighbourhoods of the Yemeni oil-rich province of Shabwa, a government official told Xinhua

Yemen's warring parties did not reach an agreement to lift a blockade by Houthi rebels of the country's third largest city, the United Nations said

The Houthis signed what the UN described as an action plan to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking schools and hospitals

Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has urged the Houthi militia to sit at the negotiating table with the government to reach a political settlement and end the seven-year civil war

Global crude prices, which have rallied about 20% this year, are likely to surpass $100 a barrel.

A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said

Fourteen Indian seamen who were stranded in Yemen for over 10 months after their ship sank in the Gulf of Aden flew back to India on Saturday from Dubai

The International Organization for Migration said that more than 164,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of this year in Yemen, which has been witnessing a bloody conflict for six years

It ordered government forces "to return to base", and said all positions taken today should be vacated by all sides unconditionally

The strikes also killed 11 rebel fighters and wounded 16 civilians

A UN-chartered aid vessel docked at Hodeida on Tuesday