Abda Sharif, a lawyer and diplomat, has been appointed as the UK's new ambassador to Yemen; following the start of the war in late 2014, the UK closed its embassy in Sanaa and relocated its ambassador and staff to Riyadh

In response to the Houthi launch of a missile towards Israel, which was intercepted by Israeli defence systems, the Israeli army carried out a series of attacks in Yemen against several Houthi-controlled areas

A senior Yemeni official stated that the country has a plan for confrontation with its adversaries, including the United States, vowing that more options for retaliatory attacks will open up as their aggression increases

The Saudi King Salman Centre for Aid and Humanitarian Relief conducted several medical activities in the remote island of Socotra, where 16 specialised volunteers successfully completed a project involving specialised and general paediatric surgery

The first case of chickenpox infection has been confirmed by the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health; it occurred in the governorate of Al-Mahrah, near the eastern border with Oman