The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, following restrictions and harassment by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, UN officials said on ...

SANAA, Yemen — The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations and laying off hundreds of workers in the northern part of Yemen held by the Houthis ...

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, following restrictions imposed by the Houthi rebels and harassment from the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Houthi rebels in Yemen removed U.N. equipment and assets and took them to an undisclosed location without explanation, the world body said Friday, the latest in a series of restrictions ...

Aid groups - a lifeline for millions of Yemenis - are being squeezed out of existence in areas under the control of the rebels, the BBC hears.

The World Food Programme is ending the contracts of all 365 staff in Houthi-controlled Yemen, a UN official told AFP on Thursday, effectively ending operations in a zone gravely afflicted by hunger.