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U.S. Senate hands Trump historic rebuke on Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blame the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The votes were largely symbolic because to become...

UN confirms Hudaydah deal between Yemen gov’t, rebels

Yemen’s warring parties have reached an agreement on cease-fire in the port city of Hudaydah, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres confirmed on Thursday. Guterres said that the agreement covered the deployment of the neutral forces, as well as the large-scale cease-fire in the...

Yemen govt confirms Saudi soldiers on prisoner swap list

Yemeni government sources confirmed Wednesday that a mass prisoner swap with rebels included Saudi soldiers fighting alongside state troops, as U.N.-brokered peace talks neared their end. Two government officials, including one in the delegation at the talks in Sweden, told AFP that the...

UN pushes for truce and aid at Yemen talks

With 24 hours left before the scheduled close of U.N.-brokered talks on Yemen, mediators pushed Wednesday for a truce between warring parties as a crucial step to allowing aid deliveries. Mediators are seeking a deescalation of violence in two flashpoint cities: rebel-held Hodeida, a...