The International Federation of Journalists called on Thursday the Houthi group to immediately release Yemeni journalist Abdusalam Al-Dais and said it holds the group responsible for his safety.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has sent a cable of congratulations to Andrés Manuel LópezObradoron his election as President of United Mexican States.

Yemen's Ambassador to Austria HaythamShujaeddin met with the Director of Near and Middle East at the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Thomas Nader on Friday.

The Emirati Red Crescent (ERC) distributed on Friday 2,000 food aid packs to the people of Al-Mateenah district in the Red Sea port province of Hodeidah.

Yemen has welcomed the Arab decision to approach the UN and the International Criminal Court over Houthi militia's crimes against Yemeni children, especially the recruitment of children to fight against the government soldiers and pro-government civilians.

Yemen's Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Adel Bahomeid discussed today with the Undersecretary of West Asia Division in the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Datuk Raja Reza, the bilateral relations between the two countries and means of enhancing them in various fields and a number of issues related to the Yemeni community in Malaysia.

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has distributed food aid to displaced people in Al-Hawk district in the western Yemen province of Hodeidah, part of a continuous campaign of relief aid it delivers to Yemen .

The United Stated of America (USA) has decided to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for the non- immigrants Yemeni nationals who are existing on the US soils.

Minister of Public Health and Population Dr. NaserBa'Om discussed on Thursday with Representative of Dutch Doctors without Frontier organization or MSF Robert Onus activities of the organization in Taiz and Dhale' provinces and possible support to hospitals there.

Vice President Ali Mohssen Saleh sent a cable of congratulation to his American counterpart Mike Pence on his country's National Day of Independence.

First Deputy Governor of Socotra ArchipelagoRaed al-Juraibi along with Deputy Governor SalehSa'ad launched on Thursday distribution of emergency relief from the World Food Program to affected people over Mekunu Cyclone hit the province weeks ago.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr. Ibtihaj al-Kamal and Governor of Hodeida Dr. al-Hassan Taher inspected on Thursday requirements needed by the camp, which hosts displaced people from Hodeida in Rabat, Lahj.

The public prosecutor Ali al-Awash has stressed that all human rights abuse lawsuits referred by the National Commission of Enquiry have to be complete so that the due legal actions regarding them can take place as per the Yemeni laws.

A number of civil society organizations and activists have condemned what they called"the United Nations organizations and HumanitarianCoordinator's shameful silence" for the Houthi militia's crimes in the central Yemen city of Taiz.

Minister of Information Muammar al-Eryani said the people of Hodeidah will continue to suffer as long as the militia of Houthis insists on using them as human shields against military operations.

The Arab Parliament has condemned the Houthi militia's increasing conscription of Yemenichildren into military camps to be trained on arms use and deployed to the frontlines to fight the government forces on Iran's behalf.

In cooperation with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, the Ministry of Human Rights organized a seminar under the slogan "How to Save and Protect Women and Children in the Yemeni Crisis"at the Geneva Press Club on Wednesday.

Deputy Minister of Public Health and Population Abdullah Dahan discussed on Wednesday with the Head of European Commission in Yemen and Officer of Health and Nutrition at the UNICEF Dr. FazziyahShafiq health and nutrition support of the EC to Yemen.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ibtihaj al-Kamal has called all organizations and international bodies for providing support to displaced people from Hodeida and providing urgent humanitarian aid.

One man was killed in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa on Wednesday in the explosion of a landmine Houthi rebels had previously planted, a military official said.