Clashes erupt in Yemen hours before planned truce

Fighting broke out north of Yemen's capital and in the centre of the country on Sunday, killing more than 20 people, hours before a planned halt to the fighting aimed at facilitating talks to end the year-long war. Yemen's government and its Iran-allied Houthi enemies are supposed to implement the U.N.-backed "cessation of hostilities" from midnight (2100 GMT) before peace negotiations begin in Kuwait on April 18. The United Nations hopes this will lead to a more concrete, formal ceasefire with