World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it was compelled to pause the distribution of food aid to needy families in northern areas of Yemen under the control of authorities in and around the capital, Sana’a.

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World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest

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