BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it had already evacuated 122 of its nationals from strife-torn Yemen to Djibouti, with 400 more still to go, as it repeated a call for a political resolution to the crisis.
Riyadh announced last week that it and nine other Sunni Muslim countries had begun air strikes against the Shi'ite Houthi militia, who control Yemen's capital and are backed by Iran, Saudi Arabia's main regional foe.
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