Trump cuts short weekend, returns to White House

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US President Donald Trump has cut short a weekend at Camp David to return unexpectedly to the White House on Saturday, as tensions rose in the Middle East, reports AFP.

There was no explanation from the administration why Trump was no longer returning on Sunday from Camp David, a secluded presidential complex in rural Maryland, as had been previously announced.

The change in plan came as the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday that the group fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh at dawn, after a fire broke out near the Saudi capital’s international airport.

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