A Saudi-led UN donor summit to raise money for war-torn Yemen has raised about half of the required $2 billion. Saad Bin Mohammed Al-Arifi, Saudi ambassador to the EU, defended the fund-raising effort which comes while the country is still at war with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group. The ambassador also responded to calls from the wife of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi for "a neutral and independent trial" into his death.
Subscribe to France 24 now:
Thanks to france24english