UAE to withdraw forces from Yemen after Saudi ultimatum over Mukalla air strike

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was pulling out its remaining ‌forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers. Hours earlier, Saudi-led coalition forces had attacked the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla. The air strike on what Riyadh said was a UAE-linked weapons shipment was the most significant escalation to date in a widening rift between the two Gulf...