Yemen

The Red Cross said April 6 that an aid plane is ready to leave for Yemen but its departure has been held back by logistics problems inside the war-torn country.
      
"We have a cargo plane with medical supplies which is ready to go," Sitara Jabeen, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told AFP.
      

During his traditional Easter Sunday message to people all over the world, Pope Francis called for peace and tolerance.

He pleaded for peace especially in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as quoted by the BBC.

Pope Francis spoke at the Vatican, giving his annual urbi et orbi ("to the city of Rome and to the world") address at the end of Easter Mass. This year, the Pontiff lamented people's suffering, conflicts taking place in the world and violence. He pleaded for the end of violence, especially in Iraq and Syria. He called for humanitarian aid to make its way to places where it is needed.

Turkey evacuated 230 more people, including 185 Turkish nationals, from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on April 5, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has said.

More than 120 of the evacuated are personnel of Turkish schools affiliated with the Gülen movement, sources close to the issue told the Hürriyet Daily News.  

Turkey evacuated 230 more people, including 185 Turkish nationals, from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, on April 5, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has said.

A plane carrying 230 people is en-route to Istanbul, the minister posted on his Twitter account.

In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on April 5 praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.
     

One Romanian citizen one family member were evacuated from Yemen on Sunday, the Spokesperson and Communication Directorate of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informed in a release to AGERPRES.

People line up for lunch at the Chinese Linyi missile frigate, April 2, 2015.
Photo credit: (c) Pan Siwei / XINHUA FLOW

Russia called on the UN Security Council April 4 to push for a pause in the air war in Yemen, as a Saudi-led coalition pounded rebels in the country for a 10th day.
      
Yemen's main southern city, a last foothold of supporters of self-exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, has been shaken by more than a week of clashes between Shiite Huthi rebels and loyalist militia.

The United Nations Security Council is hold an extraordinary meeting on Saturday over the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

Earlier Russia called for the meeting, with its mission to the UN demanding closed-door consultations to "discuss an isse of humanitarian pause during coalition air strikes in Yemen," according to the Moscow Times.

Turkish citizens, who were earlier evacuated from Yemen via a Turkish navy vessel, have taken a flight from Djibouti to Istanbul, official sources told The Anadolu Agency on April 4.