Yemen’s internationally recognised Presidential Council has replaced the country's prime minister, a move that comes as the US and UK launch air strikes on sites held by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
A decree issued by the council on Monday appointed Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as Prime Minister, replacing Maeen Saeed, who had held the role since 2018.
The council did not give a reason for the move but said later that Mr Saeed would work as an adviser to the chairman of the council.
Mr bin Mubarak, who is close to Saudi Arabia, came to prominence in 2015 when he was kidnapped by the Houthis while serving as Yemen's presidential chief of staff. The country has been embroiled in a civil war since 2014, when the Iran-backed rebels overran the capital, Sanaa, and much of the north.
A Saudi-led coalition intervened months later at the request of the internationally recognised government.
The conflict has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.
In recent months, the Houthis engaged in negotiations in Saudi Arabia, achieving positive results to revive an expired ceasefire. The talks have been part of broader efforts to find a political settlement to the conflict.
But peace efforts have been affected by Israel's war on Gaza, which broke out in October. The Houthis have attacked shipping routes in the Red Sea as part of what the group says is their response to Israel’s campaign in the Palestinian enclave.
The Houthi attacks have prompted the US and UK to launch strikes on rebel-held areas in Yemen.
The permutations for UAE going to the 2018 World Cup finals
To qualify automatically
UAE must beat Iraq.
Australia must lose in Japan and at home to Thailand, with their losing margins and the UAE's winning margin over Iraq being enough to overturn a goal difference gap of eight.
Saudi Arabia must lose to Japan, with their losing margin and the UAE's winning margin over Iraq being enough to overturn a goal difference gap of eight.
To finish third and go into a play-off with the other third-placed AFC side for a chance to reach the inter-confederation play-off match
UAE must beat Iraq.
Saudi Arabia must lose to Japan, with their losing margin and the UAE's winning margin over Iraq being enough to overturn a goal difference gap of eight.
$1,000 award for 1,000 days on madrasa portal
Daily cash awards of $1,000 dollars will sweeten the Madrasa e-learning project by tempting more pupils to an education portal to deepen their understanding of math and sciences.
School children are required to watch an educational video each day and answer a question related to it. They then enter into a raffle draw for the $1,000 prize.
“We are targeting everyone who wants to learn. This will be $1,000 for 1,000 days so there will be a winner every day for 1,000 days,” said Sara Al Nuaimi, project manager of the Madrasa e-learning platform that was launched on Tuesday by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to reach Arab pupils from kindergarten to grade 12 with educational videos.
“The objective of the Madrasa is to become the number one reference for all Arab students in the world. The 5,000 videos we have online is just the beginning, we have big ambitions. Today in the Arab world there are 50 million students. We want to reach everyone who is willing to learn.”
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