US calls for ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days, sparking hopes of diplomatic breakthrough
The US has called for a ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days followed by UN-brokered peace talks, sparking guarded hopes for a breakthrough in the international effort to end the country’s disastrous three-year war. Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, and Jim Mattis, the US defence secretary, both said on they wanted to…