The U.N. said it is in contact with the Iran-backed group to release the employees, who are allegedly being held at a facility in rebel-held Sanaa.

NEW YORK: The United Nations has on Thursday rejected accusations by Yemen's Houthi authorities that UN staff were involved in espionage, calling the claims "extremely disturbing"…

CAIRO: Iranian-backed Houthi militants detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, a UN official said. Jean Alam, a…