His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has issued a directive to shut down all unofficial prisons and detention centers in liberated governorates and to immediately release individuals held outside the legal framework.

Minister of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Ahmed Arman, and Vice Foreign Minister, Mustafa Noman, met with a number of foreign diplomats accredited to Yemen to brief them on violence in Hadramaut and Al-Mahra provinces in the past days, attributing the escalation to the Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces.

Yemen’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Salem Balfakeeh, met Monday with Indonesia’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations and reactivate joint committees between the two countries.

A coalition of 65 Yemeni human rights organizations has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of committing grave human rights abuses in Yemen, including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, torture, and forced displacement.

The Minister of Water and Environment Engineer Tawfiq al-Sharjabi has directed the General Authority for Environmental Protection to conduct a field visit to the Dihamri (Ditwah) Protected Area in Socotra Governorate to study the phenomenon of shrimp mortality and determine its causes.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met today with the Ambassador of the European Union to Yemen Patrick Simonnet.

Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council His Excellency Dr. Rashad al-Alimi received Monday the Special Commissioner of the German Federal Foreign Office for the Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Tobias Tunkel and the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Yemen Thomas Schneider.

Yemen has claimed the prestigious “Champion of Champions” title, along with 12 individual champion titles, at the 2026 World Mental Mathematics Championship, held virtually in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Ahmed Al-Basar, chaired a meeting at the Ministry of Defense, emphasizing the military's commitment to supporting sovereign decisions and enhancing combat readiness.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) received today, Sunday, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom (UK) to the Republic of Yemen Abda Sharif.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs and Human Rights expressed its deep concern over the announcement by the terrorist Houthi militia, yesterday Saturday, of its intention to carry out the execution of three citizens from al-Mahweet Governorate: Ismail Abu al-Ghaith, Saghir Fari’, and Abdulaziz al-Aqili.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdel Aaty.

Air traffic through Al-Ghaydah International Airport has been resumed Sunday, after being suspended due to the recent events in the governorate.

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, met with the Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council, Chief Justice Muhsen Yahya Taleb, and other senior judicial officials to discuss the judiciary's role in strengthening state authority and protecting its legal status.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has announced the successful completion of the evacuation of foreign tourists stranded on the island of Socotra.

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has signed a new cooperation agreement with the International Association for the Care of War and Disaster Victims to launch the seventh phase of operations at the Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Center in Seiyun, Hadramaut Governorate.

Abdulrahman Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Yafei took the constitutional oath before His Excellency President Dr. Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, on Saturday on the occasion of his appointment as Minister of State, a Governor to Aden.

Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi held Saturday discussions with the Chargés d’Affaires of the permanent member delegations to the UN Security Council on the situation in Yemen and the latest developments in the eastern governorates, as well as the efforts of the Presidential Leadership Council and the Yemeni government to enhance security and stability.

The Shura Council has welcomed the announcement by the leadership of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) to dissolve the council, along with all its main and subsidiary bodies, and close its offices domestically and abroad.

Yemen, along with 22 Arab, Islamic, and African countries and organizations, has strongly condemned the recent unlawful visit of an Israeli official to Somaliland, a region of Somalia, on January 6, 2026.