The second round of the national campaign for Immunization against Polio targeting children under the age of five was launched today in Taiz province.

The Second Anti-Polio Campaign has given vaccination dozes to 118 thousand children under five in Aden with accomplishment percentage of 97%.

Yemen's ambassador to Germany Yahya al-Shuaybi and the UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten have discussed the violations children and women are subjected to at the hands of Houthis.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi sent a cable of congratulations to the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of his country's national day.

Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said the Houthis are an extremist and fascist group and they will never be serious about peace at any day.

Minister of Public Health and Population Dr. Nasser Mohsen Baoom has stressed the imperative of the UNICEF's delegation of full authority to their office in Yemen's temporary capital Aden.

Yemen's armed forces say they have shot down a reconnaissance drone operated by the Houthi his in Qaniya district in the province of Beidha in Yemen's center.

The Saudi project "MASAM" has so far extracted 21,784 Houthi-laid landmines in the provinces of Marib and Hodeidah, in Yemen's east and west respectively.

The Saudi project "MASAM" has so far extracted 21,784 Houthi-laid landmines in the provinces of Marib and Hodeidah, in Yemen's east and west respectively.

The Governor of Hodeidah, Al-Hassan Taher, and Governor of Lahj, Ahmad Al-Turki, discussed with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock and his accompanying delegation the conditions of internally displaced persons of Hodeidah province resettled in the camp of Al-Rebat in the southern Yemen city of Lahj.

In a meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Thursday, the governor of Yemen's central bank Mohamed Zemmam and the leaders of the International Finance Corporation, the private-sector arm of the World Bank, discussed mechanisms to start implementing the first installment of IFC funding for Yemeni trade.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ebtihaj al-Kamal has agreed with the UNICEF to develop a comprehensive strategy for projects and programs implemented by the organization in partnership with her ministry.

Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Mansour Bajjash discussed with the Assistant of the UN Secretary General, the Executive Head of the UN-HABITAT Mo'mena Sharif on Wednesday cooperation programs and partnership in fields of reconstruction, regaining services and urban planning.

Yemen's Ambassador to the UK Dr. YaseenSaeedNoman discussed with British State Minister for Middle East Affairs Alcester Bert latest developments in Yemen and means of improving diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor EbtihajAl-Kamal and the acting secretary general of the National Commission for Education, Science and Culture discussed the relationship between the Ministry and the Commission and the continuity of implementing joint activities.

Vice-President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh and the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Hussein Basalamah discussed the progress of work in the Higher Education ministry and in the academic field in general.

A number of fishermen have staged a rally in in the Gulf of Aden city in south Yemen to demonstrate their solidarity with fellow fishermen in the country's western coast facing violations by an intrusive Iranian vessel.

Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh met Wednesday with Ambassador of the United Kingdom (UK) to our country Michael Aron.

General Authority for Insurances and Pensions announced that all procedures to pay pensioners have been accomplished. Pensioners throughout Yemeni provinces will be paid their own pension for November.

Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh met Wednesday with Governor of Hajah Maj. General Abdulkareem Assaniani.