SANAA -- A two-month cease-fire brokered by the United Nations in Yemen is set to come into force at 7 p.m. local time on Saturday night, the UN envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announced one hour prior to the agreed truce.
"As of tonight, all offensive ground, aerial and naval military operations should cease," Grundberg announced in a statement, adding that the success of this initiative will depend on the warring parties' commitment to implementing the truce agreement with its accompanying humanitarian measures. (Yemen-Ceasefire)
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TEHRAN -- The U.S. fresh sanctions against Iran and its blocking the entry of an Iranian singer is a sign of "hostility" against the Iranian people, Iran's government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said Saturday.
"By imposing new sanctions and preventing an Iranian singer from entering (the United States) under false pretenses, it has once again shown that it is hostile to the people of Iran in all circumstances," Bahadori Jahromi tweeted. (Iran-U.S.-Sanction)
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TEHRAN -- At least 35 foreign nationals were injured in a car crash on the Khash-Saravan road in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province on Saturday, official IRNA news agency reported.
"Unfortunately, 35 people were injured when two Toyota vehicles carrying illegal foreign nationals collided," Fariborz Rashedi, a medical official at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, was quoted as saying. (Iran-Foreigners-Car Crash)
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KHARTOUM -- Abdul-Majeed Mohamed Al-Tayeb, acting undersecretary of Sudan's Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, said in a statement on Saturday that the wheat production in the country can only feed less than 30 percent of its consumption.
"The annual wheat consumption is about 2.4 million tons, while the local production does not exceed 700,000 tons," he said. (Sudan-Wheat Shortage)
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