Yemen

Pope Francis’s visit to the peninsula, home to two million expatriate Catholics as well as the holiest sites of Islam in Saudi Arabia is a landmark one. He is due to make only two public addresses during the trip that would commence on…

The United Nations special envoy to Yemen on Monday urged warring parties to quickly implement a troop withdrawal from the port of Hodeidah, acknowledging that proposed timelines had slipped while the country stood on the brink of famine.…