AFP: UN warns on Yemen aid as Saudi reports first border attack
Aden (AFP) - The United Nations warned fuel shortages threaten to halt all relief operations in Yemen "within days" as Saudi Arabia reported the first retaliatory cross-border attack of its five-week air war.
Riyadh rejected any neutral venue for UN-brokered peace talks as a confidential UN report supported its allegations that regional rival Tehran had been arming Yemen's Huthi Shiite rebels since 2009.
MIDDLE EAST
Yemen violence kills 1,244, injures 5,044: WHO
Fierce fighting grips Yemen's Aden as residents flee. Air strikes kill civilians in Yemeni capital.
Border clash kills 3 Saudi soldiers, Yemeni rebels. Yemen crisis: Saudi Arabia 'repels Houthi border attack'.
Yemenis suffer from lack of food, power and medical aid as battles rage on.
Russia-called UN urgent meeting on Yemen ends without action.
UN threatens to end humanitarian operations in Yemen.
Islamist rebels battle Syrian army near Assad heartland.
Kobani still a ghost town, months after liberation from IS.
U.S., allies stage 18 air strikes against Islamic State: coalition.
US Navy ships to accompany US-flagged ships in Gulf.
Iran's Zarif congratulates new Saudi FM despite tensions.
Turkish police fire tear gas, water cannon at May Day protesters.
ASIA
Nepal earthquake death toll exceeds 6,000 with thousands unaccounted for. Life crawling back to normal in Nepal's quake-hit capital. Nepal quake: Towns near epicentre 'devastated' - Red Cross.
Afghan delegation heads to Qatar for talks with the Taliban. 'Inter-Afghan dialogue' in Qatar aims to foster peace talks.
Myanmar rebel chief says peace deal not possible amid Kokang fighting.
Pakistani PM praises army for defeating Waziristan militants.
Pakistani military fires rare criticism at political leader.
Photos show purported ISIS training camp in Afghanistan.
Thai police find mass graves of suspected trafficking victims.
Chinese investors pour billions into Australia.
AFRICA
Pentagon's Africa Command: Big assistance with 'small footprint'.
Burundi says nearly 600 arrested over protests.
Arrests rise in Burundi protests; protesters vow to remain. Hundreds of students seek refuge at US embassy in Burundi.
African troops involved with French in UN rape report scandal.
Central African Republic child abuse: UN denies 'cover up'.
South Sudan rebels accuse government forces of new attacks.
Nigeria's military releases photos of women and girls it said it rescued from extremists.
Nigeria seeks to ease petrol woes despite cash crunch.
Clashes in Maldives as protesters call for ex-president's release.
Congo destroys illegal ivory as wildlife summit begins.
EUROPE
Italian police battle rioters at start of Milan Expo.
Two Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours in east: military.
U.S., other Western leaders snub Russia's Victory Day parade.
Germany needs to quickly clear up spy charges: Steinmeier.
Albania opens communist secret police files.
Once magnet for foreign 'mujahedeen', Bosnia now exports them.
Britain's biggest hard drugs seizure 'worth $750 mn'.
Nepal quake: 1,000 EU citizens still unaccounted for, says envoy.
Chernobyl fire: Kiev claims no radiation threat, experts ring alarm bells.
AMERICAS
Gunmen hit army chopper in Mexico, three troops dead. 7 killed among violence in Jalisco, Mexico.
Prosecutors charge 6 Baltimore officers in Freddie Gray death. Six Baltimore police officers face murder, other charges in death of black man.
Ex-leaders demand jailed Venezuela politicians be freed.
Supreme court urges investigation of Colombia's ex-president over spying ring.
US seeks to compensate victims of Sudan, Iran and Cuba.
U.S. bill would create ‘hostage czar’ to coordinate efforts to rescue Americans.
US, Canada unveil rules to boost oil train safety.
Obama's presidential library will be built in Chicago -U.S. media.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
US commander: Loss of military toehold in Yemen is worrisome.
Isis leader incapacitated with suspected spinal injuries after air strike.
ISIS releases video of Yemeni soldiers execution – report.
Pakistanis see double standard in drone strikes.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
The big money in police body cameras.
Coffee catastrophe beckons as climate change threatens arabica plant.
Saudi Arabia shakes up state oil firm Aramco.
Plight of Maersk Tigris ship is fresh reminder of supply-chain risks.
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