Local Editor

The UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, arrived in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa on Sunday to press efforts to broker a ceasefire in the war-torn country.

Cheikh Ahmed hoped to secure a humanitarian truce "rapidly," he told reporters at the airport.

He said that the ceasefire could pave the way for a "peaceful settlement of the crisis which has turned into a catastrophe."

Meanwhile, the Saudi aggression on the impoverished country continued, with Saudi-led warplanes bombing several areas across Aden, killing six, including a child, officials said.

The dead from the Katyusha fire were Somali refugees who had sought shelter in a kindergarten, medics said.

A Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States, has been attacking Yemen since March. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.

More than 2,600 people have been killed and at least 11,000 injured by Saudi attacks since the US-led Saudi military aggression began against Yemen on March 26, according to United Nations [UN] records.