Top UN officials urge US to revoke blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis, warn of famine

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    Three top United Nations officials all called on the United States on Thursday to revoke its decision to designate #Yemen’s #Houthis a foreign terrorist organisation, warning it would push the country into a large-scale #famine and chill peace efforts.

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