UN agencies have warned that some 250 million people in 20 countries are threatened with sharply spiking malnutrition or even famine in coming months.
The Palestinians should welcome this deal as it makes a two-state solution more likely.
A spokesman said the separatists would abandon their aspirations for self-rule to pursue a deal that allows for a new government in 30 days.
Flouting Iran's stated policy toward Saudi Arabia,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent the letter,filled with flattery and praise,with an invitation to help end the Yemen war.
It comes as the US passes 4 million infections,Vietnam records its first cases in weeks and Yemen loses 97 medical workers to the coronavirus.
The changes are part of the transitional government's plan to lead the country to democracy after the toppling last year of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Experts say the 10.1 million official cases and more than 500,000 deaths are serious undercounts of the true pandemic toll,due to limited testing and missed mild cases.
Violence has surged between the Western-backed alliance and the Houthi group after a six-week ceasefire prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired last month.
There's no denying that there's been an increasing number of people getting sick in the port city of Aden - likely from the coronavirus.
Models suggest that,under some scenarios,half of Yemen's population of 30 million could be infected with the virus and more than 40,000 could die.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have asked the rebels to reverse the move,describing it as an escalation.