The United Nations on Friday suspended all travel into areas held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after seven more of their staff were detained by the rebels.

The United Nations said on Friday that the Houthis who control northern Yemen had detained seven U.N. personnel, and it was suspending all UN staff movement in Houthi-held areas while seeking the detainees' immediate release.

After the release of a ship crew and war detainees, the Houthi militia kidnapped more UN personnel. All humanitarian UN support in the war-torn country is halted. Can the population survive without international help?

The United Nations' special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, met on Sunday with a senior Huthi official in Oman and called for the release of UN staff held by the rebels.

The US placed the Iran-backed group on a list of foreign terrorist organisations last week. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy to Yemen, met with Mohammed Abdulsalam, head of the Houthi negotiating delegation, in Muscat, Oman, to address the detention of UN staff and other personnel in Houthi-controlled Sanaa.

The United Nations said on Friday that the Houthis who control northern Yemen had detained an unspecified number of UN personnel, and it was suspending movement in all Houthi-held areas while seeking

GENEVA (Reuters) - Operations at a Red Sea port in Yemen used for aid imports have fallen to about a quarter of its capacity, a UN official said on Tuesday, adding it was not certain that a Gaza ceasefire would end attacks between the Iran-backed Houthis and Israel.

The United Nations has suspended all travel into areas held by Yemen's Houthi rebels after seven more of their staff were detained by the group. The Houthis have previously detained UN staffers, as well as individuals associated with the then US Embassy in ...

Yemen's Huthi rebels have detained another group of UN personnel, a United Nations statement said on Friday, after 13 staff were held last June.

US President Donald Trump’s decision to once again categorize the Houthi militant group in Yemen as a terrorist organization marks “the beginning of their end,”, according to the vice president of Yemen’s United Nations-recognized government.

Yemen's Huthi rebels have detained another seven UN employees, the United Nations chief said on Friday, their latest move to target aid workers. Following the latest swoop, the United Nations has suspended "all official movements into and within" areas held by Huthis,