UN Security Council demands Houthis cede power in Yemen. (MEM).
The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded Yemen's Houthi rebels relinquish control of the government and withdraw their forces from the capital.
The 15-member council unanimously adopted a Britain and Jordan-drafted resolution at an urgent session to discuss the political and security crisis in the impoverished country.
The resolution, which falls short of invoking Chapter 7 of the UN Charter that allows it to take military action, demanded that the Houthis "immediately and unconditionally" withdraw their forces from Sanaa and relinquish government and security institutions.
It also called for an end to "external interference" that sought to "foment conflict" and urged the Houthis to release President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and members of the cabinet who are "under house arrest or arbitrarily detained."Read the full story here.
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