UN says rival factions in Yemen agree to two-month truce

Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes (Hani Mohammed/AP)

Yemen’s warring sides have accepted a two-month truce, starting with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a UN official has said.

The UN envoy, Hans Grundberg, announced the agreement from Amman, Jordan, after meeting separately with both sides in the country’s brutal civil war in recent days.