US Air Force flies diplomatic personnel out of Yemen

The Air Force flew some American diplomatic personnel out of Yemen on Tuesday, a US official said, as the United States told its citizens to leave the country and ordered the evacuation of non-essential government staff because of a terror threat.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the Air Force flew the diplomatic personnel out of the Yemen capital of Sanaa on a C-17 aircraft to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (Reuters)