U.S. and UK envoys urge Yemen peace after blast kills at least 17


MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - U.S. and British diplomats urged Houthi forces to end an offensive in northern Yemen on Sunday after at least 17 people were killed in an explosion which the Saudi-backed government blamed on a Houthi missile strike.

The Houthi group, which ousted the government from the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014 later said it had only struck a military camp in Marib City on Saturday and welcomed an independent investigation into the incident.

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