SANAA: A United Nations mission to inspect a long-abandoned fuel tanker off the coast of Yemen, which threatens to rupture and cause a massive oil spill, has been pushed to March, the body said.

“We’ve hit a few delays with international shipping that were beyond our control and had some back and forth on signing documents, which has now been resolved,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

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