Theresa May has stressed the need to end Yemen´s civil war and the importance of complying with international law in a meeting with Saudi Arabia´s foreign minister, following criticism of Britain’s role in selling arms to the Arab kingdom.
The United Nations must take over responsibility for investigating rights violations in Yemen’s civil war as the country’s government is not up to the job, the global body’s human rights office said.
More than 5,000 civilians have been killed in Yemen since March 2015, including 1,184 children, the UN human rights office says, renewing its calls for an international probe into the conflict.
Yemen's cholera outbreak has infected 612,703 people and killed 2,048 since it began in April, and some districts are still reporting sharp rises in new cases, data from the World Health Organization and Yemen's health ministry showed
A new United Nations human rights report on Yemen says al-Qaida's local branch has become "operational" in the southwestern city of Taiz.
A top United Nations official said Saudi Arabia alone should fund steps to tackle widespread disease and hunger besetting Yemen, where the kingdom has been leading a military campaign for two and a half years.
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