Air strike by Saudi-led coalition kills 82 at Yemen funeral, injures over 500...

More than 140 people have been killed and over 500 injured in air strikes on a funeral gathering in Yemen's capital Sanaa, a senior UN official says.

Jamie McGoldrick, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Yemen, condemned "the horrific attack".

The rebel Houthi-run government said a Saudi-led coalition was responsible - a claim Saudi Arabia denied.

The US said it had launched an "immediate review" of its already reduced support for the coalition.

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One rescuer, Murad Tawfiq, described the scene as a "lake of blood", the Associated Press news agency reports.

Graphic photos circulating on social media show charred and mutilated bodies.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had prepared 300 body bags. Full story...

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