The armed forces experts have extracted 500 mines and improvised explosive devices left by the Houthi militia in Ketaf in Sa'ada before fleeing the district against the advance of the army.

Yemen's Foreign Minister Khaled Hussein Alyemany has discussed with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock the challenges to humanitarian aid access in the Houthi rebels-held north of Yemen and what can be done to end the Houthi confiscation of aid bound for the destitute.

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Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yemany in Yemen's Conference" Yemen's Conference:" Challenges of political solution, humanitarian action, re-establish stability, re-construction".

Yemen's Ambassador to Tokyo Samear Khameas met Friday with Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Japanese Parliament Nakayama Yasohidi and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense in the Council of Advisers Miaki Shinque.

Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher arrived in Cairo Friday to open and supervise a workshop organized by the Economic Committee. A body established by republican decree to manage the economic challenges the country has been struggling with.

Charged' Affairs of Yemen's embassy in Budapest, Hungary, Hammad Abdullah Dahhan met Friday with Undersecretary of Hungarian Foreign Ministry Farodi Laslaw.

Minister of Human Rights (HR) Mohammed Asker met Friday with the Director of Middle East Department in the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC).

Yemen's Ambassador to Morocco Az Addin Al-Asbahi met Thursday with the General Director of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO) Dr Abdulaziz Al-Towijeri.

Ambassadors of Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirates (UAE) discussed Thursday the Arab Coalition's efforts in Warsaw under the umbrella of the KSA in order to hold joint and solely meetings with the Polish officials and different organizations with the purpose of briefing them on the developments in Yemen and explaining the three terms of reference and international resolutions that can help establishing solid bases for peace but Houthi rebellious militia refuse to put them in place.

Yemen's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, in Brussels, Mohammed Mustafa met Thursday with the head of Middle East and North Africa Department in the Belgian Foreign Ministry Raul Dleckord.

Yemen's Ambassador to China Mohammed Al-Mikhlafi along with Arab Ambassadors in Beijin discussed Thursday with the General Director of West Asia and North Africa Department in the Chinese Foreign Ministry Deng Li the latest developments about the situations in Yemen, with focus on the humanitarian suffering that Houthis putschist militia produced.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has asserted that Yemeni-American relations are strong, based on mutual cooperation and understanding about several dossiers which are relating to Yemen and regional and international level.

Yemen's Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Askar told the Dutch ambassador to Switzerland Anne Luwemathat the UNHRC Group of Eminent Experts' recently issued report on human rights abuses in Yemen was biased.

Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh met Thursday here with the UN Secretary General envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths. The meeting aimed to discuss the developments and the underway efforts to establish peace in Yemen.

Prime Minister Ahmed bin-Daghr met the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen at OIC's headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Mohammed Al-Saadihas discussed with the USAID Country Director Eileen Devitt the organization's work program for the next two years, which will focus on supporting Yemen in health, education, livelihood, commercial facilities, and training and rehabilitation.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Mansour Bajash expressed to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Lisa Grande the Yemeni government's concern and condemnation ofher signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Houthi militia to transport Yemeni patients abroad through an air bridge.

The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) decided on Thursday it will cover the Yemeni traders' letters of credit worth not more than $ 200,000, part of measures to maintain the import of commodities to the country in light of the hard currency crisis.

Nabil Al-Osaydi a member of the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate has told Kristine Beckerle, the Yemen researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division of the Human Rights Watchthat Yemeni journalists face serious abuses in the jails of the Houthi militia.