President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi

A fragile 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen ended on Monday after failing to stem violence across the country, with each side blaming the other for violating the United States-backed truce.

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has relieved prime minister and vice president Khaled Bahah of his duties in government, a presidency source told AFP on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn today from Yemen towards its southern border region, the coalition said, in the latest such attack despite a ceasefire and peace talks.

Yemeni forces and allied tribes today captured the capital of northern Jawf province, the second rebel town to fall in 24 hours despite an announced ceasefire, tribal sources said.

A fragile ceasefire between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels appeared to hold today despite breaches, as UN-sponsored peace talks entered a second day in Switzerland.

A ceasefire in Yemen is set to begin today at midnight on the eve of UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, a government delegate at the negotiations told AFP.

Warring parties in Yemen have agreed to peace talks in Switzerland beginning on December 15, when a temporary ceasefire will likely be in place, the UN envoy to the country said today.

At a sprawling air base in southern Saudi Arabia, another warplane roars off into the harsh sun carrying a payload of laser- and GPS-guided bombs to drop over Yemen.

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, naming new foreign and interior ministers following signs of discord within the government of the war-torn country.

Yemeni pro-government forces advancing into the strategic province of Taez were battling rebels on the outskirts of its second largest town today, military sources said.

Yemen's president returned to Aden today from exile in Saudi Arabia, a day after a military offensive was launched against Iran-backed rebels, a presidential source said.

Pro-government forces today killed 13 rebel fighters in an ambush in Yemen's south after the insurgents took back several positions in the area, a military source said.

Air strikes by Gulf Arab members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have diminished since they launched an air war against Yemeni rebels in March, a US general said today.

The Arab coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has provided pro-government forces in the besieged city of Taez with dozens of armoured vehicles, military sources and Emirati media reported today.

An unprecedented attack on Yemen's government claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group has raised a fresh challenge for the Saudi-led coalition backing the embattled president, analysts say.

A fragile 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen ended on Monday after failing to stem violence across the country, with each side blaming the other for violating the United States-backed truce.

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has relieved prime minister and vice president Khaled Bahah of his duties in government, a presidency source told AFP on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired before dawn today from Yemen towards its southern border region, the coalition said, in the latest such attack despite a ceasefire and peace talks.

Yemeni forces and allied tribes today captured the capital of northern Jawf province, the second rebel town to fall in 24 hours despite an announced ceasefire, tribal sources said.

A fragile ceasefire between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels appeared to hold today despite breaches, as UN-sponsored peace talks entered a second day in Switzerland.

A ceasefire in Yemen is set to begin today at midnight on the eve of UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, a government delegate at the negotiations told AFP.

Warring parties in Yemen have agreed to peace talks in Switzerland beginning on December 15, when a temporary ceasefire will likely be in place, the UN envoy to the country said today.

At a sprawling air base in southern Saudi Arabia, another warplane roars off into the harsh sun carrying a payload of laser- and GPS-guided bombs to drop over Yemen.

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, naming new foreign and interior ministers following signs of discord within the government of the war-torn country.

Yemeni pro-government forces advancing into the strategic province of Taez were battling rebels on the outskirts of its second largest town today, military sources said.

Yemen's president returned to Aden today from exile in Saudi Arabia, a day after a military offensive was launched against Iran-backed rebels, a presidential source said.

Pro-government forces today killed 13 rebel fighters in an ambush in Yemen's south after the insurgents took back several positions in the area, a military source said.

Air strikes by Gulf Arab members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have diminished since they launched an air war against Yemeni rebels in March, a US general said today.

The Arab coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has provided pro-government forces in the besieged city of Taez with dozens of armoured vehicles, military sources and Emirati media reported today.

An unprecedented attack on Yemen's government claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group has raised a fresh challenge for the Saudi-led coalition backing the embattled president, analysts say.