The Governor of Abyan Abu Bakr Salem has handed over YR 5.5 million (approximately USD 14666)compensations to families of persons killed in an errant missile strike from a US military ship in 2009.

Yemen's ambassador to Beirut Abdullah Addoays and Deputy Minister Naser Shareef told the newly appointed Executive Secretary of the ESCWA that Yemen is looking forward to more coordination with the UN organization especially in this period of time when reconstruction of the war-ravaged Yemeni cities needs to start.

Yemen's medical delegation in charge of looking after Yemeni pilgrims in Mecca has paid a visit to several Saudi hospitals to inspect the level of readiness for servicing pilgrims.

Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has briefed the US Ambassador to Yemen, Matthew H. Tueller, on Yemen's struggles to counter the challenges of coup d'état and its catastrophic consequences; extremism; and terrorism in all its forms.

Yemen's Ambassador to China Mohammed al-Mekhlafi has called on Chinese investors, public and private, to come to invest and contribute to investments in Yemen.

The National Committee for Investigation into Human Rights Violation Claims has reported that the claims of violations collected from all Yemeni provinces amount to 17,123 claims attributed to all warring parties.

The Minister of Interior Ma. Gen. Mohammed Hussein Arab and the US ambassador to Yemen Matthew H. Tueller have discussed in a meeting on Monday the security cooperation on all levels including the fight against terrorism.

The Supreme Court chief Hamoud al-Hitar has said that the prosecutions, appellate and primary courts of Aden have been sorting and setting schedules for all civil cases, administrative , penal, commercial and personal, to get them resolved.

Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin-Daghr has made a visit to the popular Yemeni singer and song writer Abu Bakr Salem Balfakeeh this Monday. Both are in Saudi Arabia.

President Abdu R. Mansour Hadi has called on the local authority of Mahrah to ensure a supply of and continuous follow-up on the basic services in Mahrah.

A Yemeni organization known as the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations (YCMHRV) has strongly condemned the latest Saleh-Houthi militias' massacre which killed and injured 14 civilians in Beer Basha, Taiz, on Sunday.

President Abdu R. Mansour Hadi has praised the US administration's support for Yemen's unity and for countering the challenges of coup d'état, extremism and terrorism in all its forms.

A government source has strongly deplored the international community's silence for the atrocities that the Saleh-Houthi militias have been committing in Taiz for three years.

Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) has strongly condemned silence of the United Nations and the countries sponsoring peace initiative in Yemen towards continuous artillery shelling on citizens in Taiz by Houthi-Saleh's militias.

President AbdoRabbu Mansour Hadi received on Monday Russian Ambassador to Yemen VladimirDedushkin and discussed with him a number of issues and peace in Yemen.

Yemen's Ambassador to Jordan Ali al-Amrani and the Secretary General of Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Zaid Al-Lozi, Mondayheld discussions Sunday on facilitations to the Yemeni community living in the Hashemite Kingdom.

Medical sources said four civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded this Sunday afternoon in renewed rocket attack by the Saleh-Houthi militias on a market in Beer Basha area, east of Taiz city.

A number of NGOs have signed a USD 18,877,000 worth study project on the present and future of the health sector of Hadhramout.

Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Askar praised the high caliber production of King Faysal Center in the field of studies and researches.

Minister of Water and Environment Dr. Ezzi Shoreim has discussed with the representatives of a number of CSOs and donor organizations the aspects of emergency interventions in water-related fields, and the future of financing CSOs' proposals. The meeting was held in the temporary capital, Aden on Sunday.