Yemen peace offer
Yemen announces a unilateral ceasefire, suspending all rocket and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia, and affirms its readiness to turn the declaration into a permanent commitment.
Mashat said Saudi Arabia must end its blockade on Yemen once and for all. He said Yemen is also ready to perform a full prisoner exchange. He called on the UN special envoy for Yemen to take steps to prepare the agreements to carry out the exchanges. Meanwhile, the head of Yemen’s negotiating team says Riyadh must prove its seriousness in response to the Yemeni peace plan by responding to the ceasefire, lifting the siege, and withdrawing troops. The developments follow the Yemeni army targeting multiple locations deep inside Saudi Arabia, including an Aramco oil facility in Jeddah and vital sites in the capital, Riyadh.
Putin cannot remain in power
The US president raises eyebrows after suggesting that his Russian counterpart shouldn’t remain in office.
In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president is elected by the people of Russia and that it’s NOT up to Biden to decide who should be in power in the country. The White House later explained that Biden wasn’t calling for regime change in Russia. It said the US president meant to say that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over its neighbors or the region.
France Protests
Anti-government protesters return to the streets of the French capital, Paris, as the country prepares for the upcoming presidential election.