Seven people were killed and more than 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Friday that struck a market in the Yemeni city of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, police sources told Reuters.
UN-brokered peace talks to end 13 months of armed conflict in Yemen opened in Kuwait City after a rebel delegation arrived following a three-day delay, state television reported.
Fighting broke out north of Yemen's capital and in the centre of the country on Sunday, killing more than 20 people, hours before a truce was due to come into force to facilitate peace talks.
At least 55 people, including 14 civilians, have been killed in two days of fighting between pro-government forces and Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen, officials said Sunday.
Saudi-led air strikes killed 41 civilians and wounded 75 in Yemen's northwestern province of Haja, a senior provincial health official said, a region largely controlled by the Iran-allied Houthi militia.
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it exchanged prisoners with its foes in Yemen's Houthi movement and that a calm was holding along their border, in signs of unprecedented progress to end their 11-month war.
A Saudi-led coalition air strike on a market northeast of the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least 30 rebels and civilians, witnesses said.
A United Arab Emirates court sentenced four people to death in absentia for joining the Islamic State militant group, the UAE state news agency WAM reported.
Saudi Arabia intercepted a Scud missile fired towards the kingdom by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, the Riyadh-led coalition fighting the insurgents has said.
Clashes between Yemeni forces and Al-Qaeda militants in Aden killed at least six people, including four members of the same family, security officials and witnesses said.
Saudi Arabian air defences on Monday intercepted a Scud missile fired at Khamis Mushait city where a major airbase is located, the coalition fighting in Yemen said.
A senior Al-Qaeda operative in Yemen with a $5mn US bounty on his head has been killed in one of two suspected American drone strikes in the war-torn country.
