UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Yemen

The United Nations Security Council has called for an emergency session on Saturday to discuss a humanitarian pause in the airstrikes in Yemen. Russia, which called for Saturday's meeting, has circulated a draft resolution seeking a break in the fighting on humanitarian grounds. Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador, Vladimir Safronkov, told reporters as he headed into the meeting that the pause would ensure diplomats and civilians can be safely evacuated from the...

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