The story: Yemen has sworn in an eight-member presidential council to lead its government after the Apr. 7 resignation of ex-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (2012-22). Former interior minister and Hadi advisor Rashid Mohammad Al-Alimi has been chosen as chairman of the council. The transition follows intra-Yemeni consultations in Riyadh and a UN-brokered humanitarian ceasefire that was announced earlier this month.

The coverage: The Yemen News Agency—affiliated with the internationally-recognized government—has reported that members of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) took the constitutional oath...