Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 22

The UN sponsored peace talks between Yemen's rival forces began in Kuwait on Thursday night, according to Kuwait's state radio broadcasted live.

The talks came after a three-day delay as warring parties traded accusations over truce breaches and differences of the talks agenda between Saudi-backed internationally recognized Sunni government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Shiite Houthi militia as well as its ally, the forces loyal to ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Kuwait-Yemen-Talks)

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UNITED NATIONS -- Mogens Lykketoft, the president of the UN General Assembly, on Thursday called on the international community to take action on the UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs) in order to begin a transformation that will bring the benefit of all people and the planet.

Otherwise, the world risks failure that will be felt for generations to come, he said. "The choice is yours." (UN-Sustainable development)

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MEXICO CITY -- The explosion that hit a plant of the Pajaritos Petrochemical Complex in eastern Veracruz state on Wednesday has left at least 13 people dead, the Mexican government said on Thursday.

"We visited the complex's affected areas, and sadly, 13 people have died," wrote Luis Felipe Puente, the national coordinator of civil protection for the Interior Ministry, on his official Twitter account. (Mexico-Explosion-Death toll)

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JERUSALEM -- A bus collided with a truck in northern Israel, leaving about 35 injured on Thursday night, the country's emergency medical services said.

The accident occurred inside the Carmel Tunnels highway, a set of road tunnels outside the coastal city of Haifa, when a bus full of passengers traveling northbound crashed with a truck, the police said. (Israel-Accident) Endi