(Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency)Ten children died and 28 were injured in what Yemeni locals and officials described as an airstrike on a school in northern Yemen by a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition. The children, according to local reports, were taking exams inside their classrooms in Haydan, an enclave of the city of Saada. In June, the United Nations placed the Saudi coalition on a blacklist of states and armed groups that kill and maim children in war. About 60 percent of the children killed in Yemen were the victims of airstrikes, according to the United Nations. Last week, the Pentagon said it planned to sell $1.5 billion more in weapons and military advisory support to Saudi Arabia.

Source: Washington Post August 13, 2016 21:30 UTC