Obama, Saudi King Salman speak on Yemen war, Iran nuclear conclusion

As the monarchy continued its endless bombardment of the Arab world’s poorest country, the two leaders discussed during a Tuesday phone conversation about the "urgent" need to end fighting, the White House said.
 
The kingdom’s jets started bombarding Yemen on March 26 – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine the Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Saudi Arabia.
 
In return, Yemen's Ansarullah fighters have been launching retaliatory attacks to confront the aggression that has left thousands dead and displaced.
 
The two leaders "spoke about the urgency of stopping the fighting in Yemen and the importance of ensuring that assistance can reach Yemenis on all sides of the conflict."
 
While traveling to Philadelphia to give a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) civil rights group, Obama made the call from Air Force One.
 
The US president vowed to make efforts to build “the capabilities of our regional partners."
 
He further spoke with other officials in Britain, Germany, France, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates and Israel about the deal.
 
Earlier on Tuesday, Iran and the P5+1 states – the US, Britain, Russia, China, France, and Germany – announced the conclusion intensive talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. 
 
According to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, Obama is set to hold a press conference at 1:00 pm local time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday in the East Room of the White House to answer questions regarding the outcome of the negotiations.
 
The US president will have to garner the backing of his fellow Democrats at the Republican-weighted Congress to keep the agreement alive.
 
According to an AFP report, “Behind the scenes, the White House has been briefing Congress, journalists, foreign governments and non-governmental groups about the talks” since negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 reached a framework agreement in the Swiss city of Lausanne in April.
 
Some of the Republican candidates running for the 2016 presidential election have already vowed to repeal the accord.