Displacement in Yemen tops 290,000, including hundreds of women about to give birth, UN warns

NEW YORK CITY: More than 290,000 people have been forced from their homes since the beginning of August by the resurgence of the conflict in Yemen, the UN said on Friday. It warned that the fighting showed no sign of easing and thousands of pregnant women are among those uprooted. The UN Population Fund estimated that nearly 6,100 pregnant women…