U.N. envoy announces cease-fire in Yemen on April 10 UNITED NATIONS — The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cease-fire at midnight on April 10 ahead of a new round of peace talks starting April 18 in Kuwait, the U.N. envoy to Yemen announced Wednesday. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed made the announcement following extensive consultations with Yemen’s internationally recognized government and Houthi [filtered word]e rebels as well as regional countries, the United States and France. Previous attempts to implement a cease-fire in Yemen have failed to take hold on the ground, with each side accusing the other of immediately violating the terms.