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Yemen's Saudi-backed government said on Wednesday it would not hold talks with southern separatists unless they hand back control of Aden port, after the separatist chief arrived in Saudi Arabia to discuss the standoff between the nominal allies.

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Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, the state news agency SPA reported Tuesday, following a flurry of royal decrees approving the changes, Middle East Memo reported. Riyadh has long faced international criticism over the status of Saudi women. Rights groups say women are often treated as second-class citizens under rules requiring them to get the consent of a male guardian for important decisions throughout their entire lives, regardless of age, according to Reuters. The authorities have steadily chipped away at those restrictions in recent years, including ending a ban on women driving cars last year. A...

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Southern separatists seized most Yemeni government security and military bases near the port of Aden on Tuesday after clashes between nominal allies that have complicated U.N. peace efforts, residents and officials said.