Urgent Talks Set at UN on Crisis in Yemen

The U.N. Security Council holds urgent talks Thursday on the situation in Yemen, where the Saudi-led coalition is pounding the vital rebel-held port city of Hodeidah. Britain called the meeting after one of its diplomats, Martin Griffiths, who is the U.N. special envoy to Yemen, urged all sides to "exercise restraint and engage with political efforts to spare Hodeida a military confrontation." Saudi-led planes and warships began attacking rebel positions around Hodeidah early...

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