Yemen's Central Bank has lifted interest rate on certificates of deposit to 27 percent to set a limit to the continued depreciation of the national currency, the Riyal.

Prime Minister Ahmed bin-Daghr received the deputy head of the US diplomatic mission for Yemen Ana Escrogima on Tuesday and discussed with her the economic deterioration in Yemen as a result of the dramatic depreciation of the national currency, the Riyal.

Tunisian journalists have organized on Tuesday a rally and a seminar in solidarity with the Yemeni journalists abducted during the course of the ongoing war.

Vice President Ali Mohsen Salehand the Russian Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedushkindiscussed in a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday latest developments in Yemen and the bilateral relations between Yemen and Russia.

Yemen's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi met on Tuesday the Deputy Director-General of West Asia and North African Departmentat the Chinese Foreign Ministry Xiao Junzhengand discussed with him the latest developments in the Yemeni arena.

Yemen's Minister of Fisheries Fahd Kafayen and the Turkish ambassador to Yemen, Levant Eller, discussed cooperation between the two countries in the field of fisheries especially Turkish support to Yemen with training and rehabilitation of experts.

Yemeni activist Mutahar al-Budheiji said in a seminar in Geneva on Tuesday that an organization he leads has reported more than 2000 civilian casualties incurred in different parts of Yemen from January 1 to June 30 of this year.

Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Interior Ahmad al-Maisri praised efforts exerted by the leadership of the ministry of education in launching educational process and organizing it in Aden and liberated provinces despite critical conditions over the war triggered by Houthi militia.

Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh and the Minister of Civil Service and Insurance Nabil al-Faqih have discussed the efforts exerted to activate the Civil Service ministry and its functions in order to control the performance of governmental institutions.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has orderedmembers of the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) to not heed the replacementsHouthisare seeking to impose in the elections governing body.

The central bank will announce a rise of interest rate within the coming hours to increase the demand for and, by extension, the value of the national currency, Riyal.

Prime Minister Ahmed bin-Daghr has issued orders to close the accounts of public organizations with commercial banks and confine those accounts to the country's central bank in the temporary capital Aden.

The report published by the United Nations Group of Eminent Experts on (GEE) last month on three years of human rights abuses was purely political for it turned a blind eye the multitude and severity of Houthi abuses against civilians, a Yemeni human rights official has said.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ebtihaj Al-Kamal and the Turkish Ambassador to Yemen Levent Ellerdiscussed the bilateral cooperation in supporting the productive families and social welfare projects in Yemen.

The Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations (YCMHRV) informed the UN Human Rights Council on Monday on the status of recruitment of child soldiers by terrorist groups mainly the Houthi and a-Qaeda organizations.

Together with the UNESCO, ISESCO and the ALCSO, the Yemeni National Commission for Education, Culture and Science (YNCECS) launched a seminar to introduce itselfespecially the nature of its work to the public.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Mohammed Al-Saadi, has chaired the fourth meeting of the steering committee for the Program of Strengthening Yemen Countryside Resilience.

Vice Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Shaddadi and the accompanying delegation arrived Sunday here in a state visit for talks with Kuwaiti officials on boosting mutual relations between the two countries.

Minister of Local Administration, the Head of the Supreme Relief Committee, AbdulraqeebFath discussed on Sunday with Turkish Ambassador to Yemen Levent Eller latest developments and complications of humanitarian situation in Yemen.

The rector of the University of Sheba Dr. Mohammed Al-Qadasi and his deputy for Graduate Studies Dr. Hussein Al-Mousaie launched on Sunday the admission tests into master programsfor the first time in Marib province.