The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 15, 2016 U.N. Asks Saudi Arabia for Proof It Is Trying to Prevent Killing Children in Yemen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Saudi Arabia to prove it is taking precautions to avoid killing civilians in Yemen. With U.S. backing, Saudi Arabia has led a bombing campaign in Yemen for more than a year. The U.N. has said the Saudi-led bombing campaign has killed the majority of the thousands of civilians killed in the last year. Topics:Yemen Saudi Arabia Military Industrial Complex .