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2016

UN: Yemeni officials say over 140 killed in airstrike

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SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a funeral hall packed with thousands of mourners in Yemen's capital Saturday, killing over 140 people and wounding more than 525 in one of the deadliest single attacks of the country's civil war, a U.N. official said. Saudi Arabia announced early Sunday it would launch an investigation into "reports about the regrettable and painful bombing" in Sanaa, without acknowledging that its coalition battling rebels in Yemen is the only force with air power in the conflict. It is the latest in a string of bombings by the coalition that have struck hospitals, markets and other places where civilians congregate. "The place...