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Talks opening in Sweden between Yemen's government and rebels, who have been locked in a devastating war for nearly four years, are a "critical opportunity", says special envoy Martin Griffiths. SOUNDBITE
Cars carrying members of a Yemeni rebel delegation and the team of UN peace envoy Martin Griffiths drive out of the VIP area of Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. The Yemeni rebel delegation accompanied by Griffiths arrived in Sweden late Tuesday for high-stakes talks with the government aimed at ending the devastating war. IMAGES
Saudi Arabia says Yemen truce to begin on Tuesday, urges Houthis to agree, as U.S. Secretary of State Kerry focuses on humanitarian crisis. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Saudi non-resident ambassador to the Palestinian territories, Nayef al-Sudairi arrives for a meeting in Ramallah after Saudi Arabia, which has engaged in US-brokered talks with Israel to potentially normalise relations, sent a delegation to the occupied West Bank for the first time in three decades. IMAGES
Images show an aircraft flying under the banner of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) departing from Sanaa International Airport to Aden International Airport with released prisoners, previously held by Yemen's Huthi rebels, aboard. IMAGES