Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik affirmed that the consultations between the government and Houthis in Stockholm proved the government's seriousness about peace.

The armed forces foiled an attempt by Houthi rebel militiamen to infiltrate to al-Durayhimi district, a town to the south of the port city.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad al-Hadhrami received on Sunday a copy of credentials of Irish new Ambassador to Yemen Gerard Mackway.

Officials from Dhali'a and Hodeidah provinces and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) have inspected the distribution of KSrelief's food aid to the displaced people of the western city of Hodeidah resettled in Dhali'a to the south.

The Ministry of Water has inauguratedthe training of members of the General Authority for Rural Water Resources and Sanitation Projects (GARWSP) in water resource engineering.

Fourteen trucks carrying aid fromKing Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center crossed al-Wadee'a port from Saudi Arabia into the Yemeni territories and are now bound for the southern Yemeni province of Lahj.

Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Hudrami met Sunday with Russian Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedoshken.

Governor of Socotra Archipelago Ramzi Mahrous has confirmed care of the local authority on improving academic and technical education in the province.

Dhale's Security Committee- Presided by Governor of Dhale' General Ali Moqbil- has approved carrying out security campaigns to crack down on outlaw people and money exchangers who violates defined prices of exchanging.

A three-day annual gathering's sessions aimed to assess health programs funded by the UNICEF started Sunday in the temporary capital Aden.

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi—Commander-in-Chief—underscored the importance of getting capacities and efforts of Defense Ministry leadership united and reinstating its apparatuses, directorates and bodies in order to redress inefficiencies wherever they may be existing.

President of the Republic Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi took Sunday the oath from Engineer Abdullah Al-Aqa'a, Dr Mohammed Assa'adi, Saleh Arrassas and Muhdi Al-Hatef for being appointed as members of Shoura Council.

The newly appointed Ministers sworn in Sunday before President of the Republic Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The former Vice President of Iraq, President of the National Trend party, Iyad Allawi, praised the Yemeni government's response to the United Nations efforts to broker peace between it (the government) and the Houthi rebels.

Governor of Lahj province Maj. General Ahmed Atturki along with Secretary General of Local Council in Awadh Assalahi laid down Saturday foundation stone of Addyar Residential City Project in the area of Dar Mansour, of Toban district.

Three-day training course for journalists started Saturday in Shabawah provinces.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his deputy Ali Mohsen Saleh have congratulated their Bahraini counterparts, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa respectively, on the National Day of their country, 16 December.

Minister of Fishery Wealth Fahd Kafayen and Minister of Transport Saleh al-Jawbwani and Governor of Abyan Abu Bakr Hussein laid on Saturday the foundation stones to the projects of Shuqra Fishery Port and Transport Port in Shuqra District here.

Vice-President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has listened to a briefing by the governor of Hadhramout, Maj. Gen. Faraj Al-Bohsoni, on the latest developments in the province and the efforts exerted to improve basic services as per the directives of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Deputy Minister of Interior General Ahmad al-Walidi discussed with the Secretary General of Arab Interior Ministers Council Dr. Mohammad Koman on Saturday security cooperation between Yemen and the council and improving security forces in Yemen.