Peace talks underway in Kuwait amid Saudi aistrikes on Yemen

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• With Yemen peace talks underway in Kuwait, Saudi warplanes continue to target the war-torn country. In their latest attack, Saudi jets carried out three airstrikes on the southern province of Ta'izz. Earlier, at least four civilians, including a child were killed in Bayda province.
• The U-S military admits that its airstrikes against alleged Daesh Takfiri positions in Syria and Iraq have killed 20 civilians over a five-month period. The pentagon also confirmed eleven others were injured between September and February. This brings the overall number of U.S. aerial campaign’s civilian fatalities confirmed by the pentagon to 41.
• US Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington is not opposed to foreign banks doing business with Tehran. He said if banks have questions about the remaining anti-Iran sanctions, they should ask. Kerry made the remarks at a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
• At least 12 Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli forces in towns of Eizariya and Abu Dis in East Jerusalem al-Quds amid heightened security measures for the Jewish holiday of Passover. At least 20 Palestinians were also detained in Friday’s predawn raids by Israelis in al-Quds.
• A record 175 countries have signed the Paris climate deal during a ceremony at the U-N headquarters in New York. China and the United States, which are the world's top polluters, are among the signatories. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also signed the deal on behalf of the Islamic Republic.
• As Britain is celebrating the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, media reports indicate that the House of Windsor is the most expensive monarchy throughout Europe. Official figures show that the monarchy costs Britain some 40 million pounds a year. But a pro-republican group says the real cost is eight times higher.
• The Belgian parliament is set to probe last month’s terror attacks in Brussels and investigate how the country failed to thwart the deadly bombings. The decision comes as the parliament’s commission of inquiry visited the Maalbeek station and Brussels airport which were both targeted in last month’s attacks.
• The UN chief presses South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar to return to the country’s capital Juba immidiately and begin work in a transitional government with President Salva Kiir. Ban Ki-moon urged Machar to travel to Juba with no more conditions which could jeopardize a peace deal between him and Kiir.
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