US calls on Yemeni rebels to ‘end injustice’ and free current and former employees of the US embassy in Sanaa.
Two-month nationwide truce between Saudi-led coalition and the rebel Houthi group is due to expire at beginning of June.
Three other people injured after Houthis shoot down what they called a Saudi-led coalition drone over a busy area.
A truce in Yemen has allowed for some Yemenis to hope of a better future – and a chance to rebuild.
Flight is part of UN-brokered 60-day truce between internationally-recognised government and Houthi rebels.
The international community should move now to prevent another disaster in a country already devastated by war.
Coalition says 108 detainees were flown on Friday from Saudi Arabia to the southern Yemeni city of Aden.
With a truce largely holding, the council has been able to present itself as working towards a diplomatic solution.
Saudi officials say the move is aimed at solidifying a two-month truce that went into effect in early April.
Oman’s foreign office says people freed include a British man, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino and a Myanmar citizen.
Rival sides trade blame after the Amman-Jordan flight planned as part of the UN-brokered truce indefinitely postponed.
A new presidential council may mean change in Yemen, but what influence will Iran have on their Houthi allies?
It’s unclear whether government and presidential council will remain in Aden or in Riyadh, as was previously the case.
The armed group signed an ‘action plan’ to end the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict, the UN says.
