World update: April 18 2019

Stories from Yemen, North Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and more

Apr 19, 2019

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YEMEN

United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told reporters on Thursday that the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels could start withdrawing their forces from Hudaydah within “weeks,” now that he’s apparently gotten some formal acceptance of the withdrawal’s first phase from both sides. In that first phase the Houthis are to withdraw thei…

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