The head of Yemen's separatist movement said he was ready to take part in peace talks after clashes with pro-government forces killed dozens in second city Aden.

Fighting between pro-government forces and separatists in Yemen's second city Aden has killed around 40 people and injured 260 others including civilians, the UN said Sunday.

Yemen's southern separatists have taken effective control of Aden, seat of the internationally recognised government

Fierce clashes resumed on Saturday in Yemen's southern port of Aden between nominally allied forces that have turned on each other, exposing rifts in a pro-government military coalition ...

At least 60 people were killed on Thursday in two attacks targeting security facilities in Yemen's southern city of Aden, a government minister said.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) resumed its work in a hospital in Yemen's second city of Aden on Sunday after a one-month suspension following the kidnapping and killing of a patient.

The economic downturn, along with a blockade on the rebel-held international airport and ports, has left Yemenis unable to afford food staples and bottled water.

It was the second attack of its kind targeting security forces in the city, where UAE forces from the Saudi-led coalition that has been operating in Yemen since 2015 hold sway.

Dozens of people were killed or wounded in two suicide car bombings in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Saturday, witnesses and local medics said.

Yemeni separatists have surrounded the presidential palace in the government's interim capital Aden, a military source said Tuesday.

At least 36 people have been killed and 185 wounded in two days of heavy fighting between separatists and government troops in Yemen's interim capital of Aden, the Red Cross said.

The Saudi-led military coalition which supports the government called for dialogue and for it to hear the demands of the separatists in the southern port city.