Torrential rains have killed 18 persons as the floodwater swept away everything in its way including scores of vehicles in Almaqatera valley, in southwestern Taiz.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Governor of Lahj Nasser al-Khobaji on Sunday discussed here with the director of the food security and living programme in the Danish Refugee Council Abdu al-Yousifi the interventions of the organization in a number of districts and appropriate means for the success of their projects in Lahj.

The Ministry of Civil Service has announced in a press statement that the holiday of Eid Al-Adhaha festivity will begin on Thursday for all civil servants as per Law no. 2 for 2000 concerning public holidays.

Minister of Water and Environment Ezzi Shuraim launched on Sunday the ministry activity from its new building here.