Yemen

Officials have confined him to his home and restricted his communications, the Wall Street Journal says.

The Iran-backed Huthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition have both agreed to observe the two-month truce, which took effect on the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy fasting month.

The Iran-aligned Houthis, who are battling the coalition led by Saudi Arabia, have intensified attacks on energy facilities in the kingdom, the world's largest oil exporter.

At least over 10,000 minors are believed to have been killed or injured in the war that has raged since 2015.

The coalition say the raids are in response to a drone attack on a Saudi airport near the border which left 12 injured by falling debris after the Saudi military blew up the 'bomb-laden' projectile.

The Abu Dhabi attack marks a new phase in the Yemen war and further reduces hopes of any resolution to the conflict, which has displaced millions.

The move could heighten tensions between the UAE and Iran after outreach to Tehran by Abu Dhabi to avoid any regional conflict that could hurt the Opec producer's economic ambitions.

An explosive device planted in the car of journalist Mahmud al-Atmi blew up as he was taking his wife Rasha Abdallah to a hospital to deliver her baby, according to sources from government forces.

It says the takeover shows that 'jihad and fighting represent the (Islamic law)-based, legal, and realistic way to restore rights (and) expel the invaders and occupiers'.

African migrants continue to make the dangerous trip there in hope of finding work in neighbouring oil-rich states.

'I went through hell,' says 19-year-old who was married at 12 and rejected by her husband at 16 before being disfigured in an acid attack.