US strike in Yemen kills dozens

The Pentagon says US forces have killed dozens of Islamic State members in two camps training members in the use of machine guns and grenade launchers in Yemen.

US forces have killed dozens of Islamic State members in a strike on two training camps in Yemen.

The camps in al-Bayda province were being used to train new fighters using AK-47s, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday.

Islamic State has used ungoverned areas in Yemen to plot, direct, instigate, resource and recruit for attacks against America and its allies around the world, it said.