Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, chaired a session of the government, attended by Prime Minister Salem Saleh Bin Braik, at the Al-Mashiq Palace in Aden.
GAZA-SABA The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 54,381, with 124,054 injured, according to medical sources.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to increase tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, which will increase pressure on steel producers worldwide and threaten to escalate his trade war.
BEIRUT-SABA
Yemen's Ambassador to Lebanon Abdullah al-Doays held talks with the Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi in Beirut on Thursday.
Al-Doays acquainted the Patriarch on the Houthis' three years long coup and insurgency that has brought economic development to a halt and bred poverty, famine and epidemics.
He called on the Patriarch to assist the Yemeni government's efforts to end the rebellion and achieve peace in Yemen under the supervision of the United Nations and the 18 peace sponsoring countries.
The Patriarch expressed his support to all efforts aimed at achieving peace in the country.