News of the day from around the world

1 Emergency landing: A Myanmar National Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, using only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed to deploy. All 82 passengers and seven crew members aboard the flight from Yangon were declared safe after the Brazilian-made Embraer 190-LR touched down on its rear wheels before the plane’s nose tilted down and scraped the runway, sending off a shower of sparks as it slowed to a stop. The captain followed emergency procedures to dump fuel to reduce the landing weight, said a statement from the airline. Video shot by a passenger and posted online showed an urgent but orderly evacuation of the plane.

2 Yemen fighting: The U.N. said Sunday it is monitoring the redeployment of rebel forces from three key ports in Yemen after the government dismissed the withdrawal as a “farce.” The rebels, known as Houthis, said Saturday they began the long-delayed redeployment of their forces from the port of Hodeida, as well as the smaller ports of Salif and Ras Issa, as part of a cease-fire reached in December. The moves are seen as a key first step toward ending the civil war, which erupted in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa. Lt. Gen. Michael Lollesgaard, the head of a U.N. mission overseeing the cease-fire, said monitors will verify the rebels’ withdrawal. Hodeida handles 70 percent of Yemen’s food imports and humanitarian aid.

3 Russia talks: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Russia this week for talks with President Vladimir Putin amid heightened U.S.-Russia tensions over the crisis in Venezuela and the Trump administration’s hardline policy on Iran. Pompeo’s meeting with Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday in Sochi will be the highest-level...