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A Yemeni government official said Saturday that Huthi rebels were “not serious” on finding common ground to end the devastating war, three days into UN-brokered talks in Sweden.Nearly four years into a war that has pushed 14 million Yemenis to the brink of starvation, the Saudi-backed government of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and Huthi rebels, linked to Riyadh’s archrival Iran, are in the rural town of Rimbo for what UN officials expect will be a week of negotiations.”Expectations stem from experience, and from experience I would say no, they are not…

The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it has ordered demolition of fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi’s illegal bungalow built along the beach at Alibaug in adjoining Raigad district.Government counsel advocate P B Kakade told a bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M S Karnik on Thursday that it had served demolition notices to another 58 private properties in the area constructed in violation of the state’s rules and coastal zone norms.He made the submissions in compliance with a previous order of the bench which had…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a new framework to combat the scourge of international terrorism and coordinate efforts across the peace and security, humanitarian, human rights and sustainable development sectors.Termed the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, the framework is an agreement between the UN chief, 36 organizational entities, the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) and the World Customs Organisation, to better serve the needs of Member States when it comes to tackling the scourge of international terrorism. Speaking at the first meeting of the Compact’s Coordination Committee here Thursday, Guterres…