Sen. Todd Young is holding up a key State Department confirmation until the White House helps ease the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.
Yemen’s Interior Ministry has issued a statement confirming the death of the country's ousted president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in capital Sana'a.
Earlier report emerging from Yemen said ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh's house was blown up in central Sanaa.
Bahrain's leading Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, a central opposition figure, has been admitted to hospital in critical condition, his family and a rights group said Monday.
Yemenis in the war-torn country's capital crowded into basements overnight as Saudi-led fighter jets pounded the positions of Houthi forces, who are now fighting forces loyal to a former president for control of the city.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged warring parties in Yemen to stop all ground and air assaults and called for a resumption of all commercial imports into the country because "millions of children, women and men risk mass hunger, disease and death."
The Arab League chief said on Sunday a decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Al-Quds as Israel's capital would boost fanaticism and violence, and not serve the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has denied kidnapping reports during a televised phone interview.
President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers.
Iran has rejected foreign media reports about Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir trading barbs at a conference in Italy, saying the news is fabricated.