UNITED NATIONS, United States: Russia vetoed Monday (Tuesday in Manila) a UN draft resolution presented by Britain and strongly backed by the United States that would have pressured Iran over its failure to block supplies of missiles to Yemen’s Huthi rebels.

Britain had sought to include in the measure renewing sanctions on Yemen an expression of “particular concern” from the Security Council over a UN report that found Iran had violated the 2015 arms embargo on Yemen.

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