Yemen’s warring sides agreed to free thousands of prisoners on Wednesday, in what a U.N. mediator called a hopeful start to the first peace talks in years to end a war that has pushed millions of people on the verge of starvation.

Yemen’s warring sides agreed to free thousands of prisoners on Wednesday, in what a U.N. mediator called a hopeful start to the first peace talks in years to end a war that has pushed millions of people on the verge of starvation.