Rebel Fighters Advance Into Yemen’s Third-Largest City

Shiite rebels seized Yemen’s third-largest city and their leader called for volunteers and money for a widening offensive, as the United Nations urged a halt to the country’s slide toward civil war.

Soldiers loyal to the Shiite Houthis and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized the airport in Taiz and set up checkpoints in the city as protests against their presence erupted there, Salah Noman, a resident, said by phone. The U.S. evacuated all remaining personnel in the country, State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said in an e-mailed statement.