Yemen's Houthis Seize National Dialogue HQ

Yemen's dominant Shi'ite Muslim Houthi militia seized the offices of a political conciliation body late on Wednesday, hours after the president refused U.N.-brokered talks with their powerful movement unless they withdrew from Sana'a. Yemen, a neighbor of top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and global security worry because of its strong al-Qaida presence, is caught in a stand-off between Western-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Houthi clan, now the country's de...

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