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Yemen, China, Cuba top Pompeo to-do list as time runs down

by Matthew Lee
| January 10, 2021 7:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he will designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” as time runs down on the Trump administration. The designation will take effect on Jan. 19, one day before president-elect Joe Biden takes office.

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