A woman and a child killed and 16 others wounded after Yemeni rebels shell a residential neighbourhood in besieged Taiz

​Ali Abdullah Saleh’s death comes amid an intensified conflict between the Iran-aligned armed group and pro-Saleh forces in the ongoing war in Yemen

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi remains a virtual prisoner in his residence until authorities commit to implementing the agreement.

Yemen’s new president has been inaugurated, saying the impoverished Arab state faced a "complex and difficult phase" ahead.