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London [United Kingdom], Oct. 9 : More than 140 people have been killed and more than 525 injured after airstrikes hit a funeral ceremony in Yemen's capital, Sana'a, according to a senior United Nations official.

Houthi rebels have blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the airstrikes.

The deceased and wounded include senior military and security officials from the ranks of the Shia Houthi rebels fighting the internationally recognised government of president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, as well as their allies, loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, reports the Guardian.

Ambulances were rushed to the site to carry the injured persons to the hospitals. The health ministry has summoned off-duty doctors and called on residents to donate blood, reports the Guardian.

London [UK], Oct. 9 : Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution demanding an end to the bombing of Aleppo city in Syria.

According to the Guardian, the draft text presented by France won 11 votes in favor, Russia and Venezuela voted against the resolution, while China and Angola abstained.

It was the fifth time that Moscow used its veto to block the UN action to end the five year war in Syria, which has claimed 300,000 lives.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault had urged the Security Council to take immediate action to save Aleppo from being destroyed by the Russia-backed Syrian bombing campaign.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 8 : A recent research shows that care giving from a few consistent individuals helps to minimize the potential emotional and mental-health development issues that can arise from spending the early years of a child's life in an institution.

Within such facilities, infants and toddlers reared in daily contact with responsive and warm professionals display better physical, cognitive, and social development.

After they are placed into families, they have less aggressive and defiant tendencies and show fewer externalizing behaviors.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 8 : The French police are continuing to hunt for the armed attackers who raided Kim Kardashian's apartment a few days ago, but there seems to be plenty of facts and details that do not match.

According to Hollywood Life, the star reportedly told police that the concierge, who was threatened by five armed robbers and handcuffed, before being forced to take them up a private elevator to Kim's room, was "calm throughout" the robbery.

"He opened the door and led them [the robbers] up and was in there the whole time," she reportedly claimed.

Another unanswered question will be about the 35-year-old star being alone in an unguarded flat.

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 8 : As an Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Rajasekhar Reddy was recently arrested in connection with an international drug racket, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Saturday said incidents like these bring bad reputation to IAF, adding that stringent steps have been taken to prevent such things in future.

Briefing the media on the 84th foundation day of the IAF at Air Force Station Hindon in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, Air Chief Marshal Raha said, "A commissioned officers was involved in drug trafficking and these incidents affect the morale of the armed forces.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 8 : To reduce hospital-acquired infections in neonatal intensive care units, researchers have found a protein in breast milk to be a safe and efficient solution.

Lead author of the study Michael Sherman explained, "The majority of diseases affecting newborn preemies are hospital-acquired infections such as meningitis, pneumonia and urinary tract infections. Not only did we find that lactoferrin, a protein found in breast milk, could reduce hospital infections among preemies, but we also measured the safety of feeding the protein to newborns."

Sherman and his team conducted a randomized control trial with premature infants weighing between 1 pound, 10 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces, at birth.