The Command of the Special Security Forces in Aden, Abyan, Dhale' and Lahj launched Thursday the Second Phase of Military Training for 2017 in Aden.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammad al-Sa'adi and the Regional Director of International Relief Organization (IRO) Michael Mohsen discussed on Thursday relief cooperation.

The Deputy Minister of Interior for Human Resources Affairs has visited the Counterterrorism Brigade HQ in al-Tawahi, Aden, to take it over and later re-open it as a police academy.

Yemen Ambassador to AmsterdamSaharGhanim on Thursday met here with Chief of Emergency Unit of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Netherlands Karlin Clare, discussing MSF's activities in Yemen.

The General Authority for Agricultural Research discussed in Aden today the challenges facing the agricultural research and study centers. Agricultural experts from Aden and Abyan attended the discussion.

Governor of Aden Abdulaziz al-Muflihi discussed on Thursday with US Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller challenges facing local authority in Aden and solutions to basic services led by electricity.

Yemen's Planning and International Cooperation on Thursday signed a partnership agreement with the World Food Program worth $550 million.

Yemen's Permanent Envoy to the Arab League Riyadh al-Ukbori discussed on Thursday with the Secretary General of the Arab Administrative Development Organization Naser al-Hatlan cooperation between Yemen and the organization.

Minister of Information Muamar al-Iryani launched on Thursday a training course for media people and journalists on "Conceptions of Media War."

The deputy governor of Aljawf Eng. Naji Maseeh has launched an awareness-raising course for religious preachers about the risks and prevention methods of cholera, a raging epidemic in Yemen.

The ad hoc committee tasked with following up on the imminent Hajj of Yemeni pilgrims in the Holy City of Mecca this year convened in mecca on Thursday and discussed the progress of arrangements for worship.

President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has headed to the Kingdom of Morocco to meet king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who is on a vacation in the North African country.

President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi discussed on Thursday with Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh, Prime Minster Ahmad Obeid bin-Daghr, President's Advisor Rashad al-Alimi and Governor of Aden Abdulaziz al-Muflihi latest political, military and security developments in the country.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Mikhlafi headed on Thursday to New York for attending a session for the Security Council on Yemen's extraordinary conditions.

Yemen Ambassador to Netherlands Sahar Ghanimon Wednesday discussed here with Director of Multilateral Organizations and Human Rights Department Peter Vander Vleitdiscussed cooperation and bilateral relations between Yemen and Netherlands.

The Ministry of Education and the Yemeni-Kuwaiti Relief Authority signed on Wednesday here a memo of understanding to operate an educational and scientific TV for promoting education sector in a number of liberated provinces. The agreement worth USD 500 thousands.

Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) Abbas Al-Basha has said that the CBY's new decision for a floating exchange rate is a correction of the current currency exchange status not a transition to new exchange rate policy. In a press statement, Al-Basha said: "The decision, would make the conditions conducive for launching the reconstruction program with support of donors led by Saudi Arabia."

The Joint Investigation Committee headed by its Chairman the Minister of Justice Jamal Omar and its dep. chairman the Dep. Minister of Human Rights has interviewed mothers and relatives of the detainees and forcibly disappeared persons in jails.

The Rector of Aden University Alkhadher Lasoor met a mission from WHO's Middle East office and discussed cooperation between the international organization and the Yemeni university in health education.

The Committee for Investigating into Alleged Human Rights Abuses met today the Dep. Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Ali Nasser Lakhshaa and handed to him a list of persons reported to be detained, suspended or forcibly disappeared hoping for an official investigation into their cases.