Saudi-led Coalition Declares 5-day Cease-fire to Allow Aid

The Saudi-led coalition said it will begin a five-day humanitarian cease-fire in Yemen, which was to take effect one minute before midnight Sunday. The pause in military operations came at the request of exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a statement by the Saudi state media said Saturday. Hadi, who fled to Riyadh earlier this year, sent a letter to Saudi Arabia's King Salman Friday, asking for the pause to allow "delivery and distribution of the maximum amount of...

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