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Houthi rebels have released five Yemeni United Nations staff members detained over the weekend, but 15 international employees remain confined to a UN compound, according to a spokesperson for the organisation.

The 20 UN staff were detained in the compound in Houthi-held Yemen's capital of Sanaa followed an incursion by the militant group on Saturday, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.

The rebels have left the compound and the international UN employees are now free t

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