UN: Military operations escalate in Yemen as famine looms
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UNITED NATIONS -- Military operations in Yemen are escalating and the humanitarian and economic situation is rapidly deteriorating in the Arab world's poorest nation, which is on the brink of famine, the U.N. special envoy for the country said Wednesday.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed urged the UN Security Council to pressure Yemen's government and Shiite Houthi rebels "to engage constructively" on political and security measures that he presented to them aimed at ending the war and creating a transitional government.
