Minister of Endowments and Guidance Dr Ahmed Atiah met Thursday with the Lebanese Minister of Information Melhem Riahshi.

Kurdistan Region Minister of Interior KarimSanjari has directed releasing 22 Yemeni people were arrested by security authorities of the region and committing the companies, which brought them to pay costs of their return to countries they came from.

Minister of Electricity and Energy Eng. Abdullah Al-Akwa'a met Thursday with his Indian counterpart Keisingh. The meeting aimed to discuss the case of Marib 2 Gas Power Plant which should have been accomplished but the implementing Indian Company, Baharat, hasn't yet managed to get the installation finished.

The Council of Ministers has approved salary increase of 30 percent of the basic salary to civil servants and 50 percent of this increase to the pensioners.

Yemen's Ambassador to Mauritania Salem al-Arada discussed on Thursday with Mauritania Minister of Employment and Vocational Training and Information and Communication TechnologiesSidnaOuldKhona cooperation and training Yemeni cadre in vocational fields.

Yemen's Ambassador to Cairo Dr Mohammed Marm met Thursday with Assistant of Egyptian Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Mohammed Al-Badri.

Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Obeid Bin-Dagher received Thursday British Ambassador to Yemen Michael Aron.

The local authority in Taiz city has called upon business stores that closed earlier today as part of a civil disobedience anddemonstrations against the collapse of the national currency to open again.

Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs Dr Mansour Bajash paid a visit Thursday to the Cuban Parliament. He met with Deputy Speaker of Cuban Parliament Anne Marie Mashada.

Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh met Thursday with Minister of Transport Saleh Al-Jabwani.

The local authority in Marib has received 360 thousand liters of diesel, a grant from the Arab Coalition to be used in the project of rehabilitating a main highway that links Yemen with the outside world.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior Ahmed Almaysari presided over a meeting of the Economic Committee.

The Ministry of Interior has called on the public to "reject all acts of lawlessness, riots and vandalism" that the separatist Southern Transitional Council called for on Wednesday.

The Cabinet has continued its meetings on Wednesday for discussing current conditions and latest political, security and economic conditions, especially those associated with improving the price of local currency against foreign currencies.

The National Commission of Inquiry into allegations of human rights violations visited the Beer-Ahmed reformatory in Aden on Wednesday and looked into the situations of the prisoners there.

Yemen's Ambassador to Amman, Ali Al-Amranimet with the Director of the Arab and Middle East Department, the spokesman of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry Majid Al- Qatarna.

The Governor of Lahj, Ahmad Al-Turkiand the Director of the World Food Program in Aden, ManikethShashi,discussed in a meeting in Lahj on Wednesday the support provided the WFP distributes in the province.

Vice President (Lt Gen) Ali Mohssen Saleh met Wednesday Ambassador of the United Kingdom to our country Michael Aron to know about the latest developments in the Yemeni national arena.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior Eng. Ahmed Almaysari met Wednesday with the headship of Hudramout University, Dr Mohammed Sa'aeed Khanbash, Rector of the University and his deputy Dr Abdullah Aideed.

Minister of Endowment and Islamic Affairs Ahmad Attiah discussed with Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Nouhad Machnouk on Wednesday mutual relations between the two countries.