Yemen's exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, as international and regional efforts to end the country's long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce.

Yemen's president steps aside amid efforts to end war

A court run by Yemen's Huthi rebels on Tuesday sentenced 30 academics, trade unionists and preachers to death for allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition, a judicial source said.

Yemen rebel court sentences 30 including academics to death for spying

The Saudi-led coalition launched an air raid Saturday on a cave in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, used by Huthi rebels to stockpile drones, a spokesman said. The cave near the presidential palace in Huthi-held Sanaa contained drones to be used in "terrorist operations", Colonel Turki al-Maliki said.

Saudi Arabia coalition destroys Yemen rebels' drone cave

The war between the Huthis and troops loyal to the internationally-recognized government escalated in March 2015, when President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled to Saudi and the Riyadh-led coalition intervened.

Talks on Yemen's economy could take place in Amman: Huthi rebels

A UN-led team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire met Wednesday in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida, after sporadic clashes underscored the fragility of the truce which began last week.

UN-led monitors meet in Yemen's Hodeida as clashes test truce

Yemen's government would not rule out an offensive on the key port of Hodeida if rebels refuse to withdraw, sparking an immediate rebuff by the Huthi insurgents as the warring sides met for UN-brokered talks on Friday.

Yemen government wields Hodeida military threat as rebels stand firm in talks

Dozens of Yemeni rebels have been killed in battles and air strikes in Hodeida, medics said Sunday, as pro-government forces advanced in the insurgent-held Red Sea port city.

Dozens of Yemeni rebels killed in Red Sea port city: Medics

Yemeni rebels on Saturday detained dozens of students protesting in the capital Sanaa against poverty in the war-torn country, activists and witnesses said. Local activists, asking not to be named, told AFP that the Shiite Huthi movement detained at least 55 students, including 18 women, near Sanaa University.

Yemen rebels detain dozens of student protesters: activists

The fighting, which killed at least 15 people, threw war-torn Yemen into further chaos and threatened to undermine President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who ordered his forces to stand down

Yemen government warns of coup as separatists take over headquarters

Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi says he is ready for a ceasefire 'if the other party adheres to it'

UN announces 72-hour truce for war-ravaged Yemen