Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi

Turkey has announced the freezing of the assets of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and four former senior Yemeni officials in line with a U.N. Security Council resolution. 

The United Nations Security Council is hold an extraordinary meeting on Saturday over the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

Earlier Russia called for the meeting, with its mission to the UN demanding closed-door consultations to "discuss an isse of humanitarian pause during coalition air strikes in Yemen," according to the Moscow Times.

President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi Monday named Yemen's envoy to the UN Khalid Bahah as his new premier, his second bid this month to end the country's political crisis