China Evacuates Foreign Nationals from Yemen in Unprecedented Move

China has said it helped 10 countries evacuate 225 of their citizens from Yemen, where Iran-allied rebels have seized the two main cities, the first time Beijing has assisted in the evacuation of foreign nationals during an international crisis. A Chinese missile frigate carried the foreign nationals from the Port of Aden, bound for Djibouti, on Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on its website late Thursday. Violence has been spreading across Yemen...

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