UN seeks record $3bn aid for Yemen

The UN has made what it says is a record appeal for aid to Yemen, calling for nearly $3bn in humanitarian relief for the war-torn country. The $2.96bn will be used to respond to an ever-broadening crisis in Yemen, where war, looming famine and cholera have killed thousands and put millions of lives at risk. The appeal came on Sunday as 11.3-million people “urgently require assistance to survive“, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.