Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh received on Wednesday US Ambassador to Yemen Mathew Tuellerand discussed with him political developments in Yemen and mutual relations between the two friendly countries.

Yemen's Cabinet said the infirmness of the UN and the UN Security Council in the face of Houthi stubbornness emboldened the rebel militia to go way farer in defying the international will.

Yemen's army has extracted and dismantled 7,000 landmines planted by the Houthis before fleeing their sites in Kitaf of Saada, the stronghold of the coupist militia.

Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Askar praised the positive King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) plays in Yemen.

A ministerial committee launched an investigation today into the blast that killed five experts in the premises of the Saudi landmine clearance project (MASAM) on Tuesday.

An source in the Immigration and Passports Department in Aden said the passports issued in Yemen's areas under the control of Houthis are invalid, in renewal of a governmental decision from 2016.

Deputy Governor of Hadhramout for the Valley and Desert Affairs Isam al-Katheri has been acquainted with programs and activities of HAD organization for humanitarian aid in the province in health sector.

An agreement of economic and technical cooperation signed on Wednesday here between Republic of Yemen and People's Republic of China.

Prime Minister Dr Ma'een Abdulmalik advised greater efforts to help improving situations in Hodeidah province.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr Najeeb al-Aweg met Wednesday with Ambassador of South Korean Republic to Yemen Kim Biyong.

Minister of Foreign Affairs KhaledAlyemany discussed on Wednesday withRepresentative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Yemen Stephen Anderson activities of the program in 2018, which witnessed distribution of food aid worth more than one billion USD and 2019 action plan, which requires supply worth USD 1.8 billion.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled Al yemany discussed on Wednesday with Representative of World Health Organization (WHO)AltafMosani preparations for launching Areal Medical Bridge for transporting patients for medication outside the country.

One schoolboy is reported to have been killed and one schoolgirl injured by Houthi militia's machine guns fire in the district of al-Selew , south of Taiz city.

Under-Secretary of Foreign Ministry Dr Mansour Bagash met Wednesday with Russian Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedoshken.

Houthi rebel militia attacked liaison officers of the UN and the Yemeni government and demining team charged pulling out landmines to secure routes in the city of Hodediah on Tuesday. The militiamen opened fire on the deminers and denied the UN's team access to the Red Sea Silos in Hodediah city.

Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen Mohammad Zimam discussed on Tuesday with German Ambassador to Yemen Carola Muller measures of re-opening CBY's accounts frozen by some German banks.

Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nazar Basoheib discussed two basic agreements with two US organizations; Civilians in Light of Conflicts Center and the International Response.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi received on Tuesday German Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Mishayelis and the Foreign Ministry Envoy for the Middle East and Morocco Christian Puk and discussed with them latest developments in Yemen.

Foreign Minister Khaled Alyemany and the head of the EU delegation to Yemen discussed the Stockholm Agreement struck between the government and Houthi rebels on December 13. The meeting discussed furthering EU interest in supporting the Yemeni economy.

Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadhrami said the unjustified stubbornness of Houthis during the peace talks in Sweden last month was the reason that no further deals were struck including any deals regarding the payment of public employees in the rebels-held territories.