WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States struck 10 unmanned drones in western Yemen that were preparing to launch, a CBS News journalist posted on social media late on Wednesday, citing a senior defense official in Bahrain.

       "A senior defense official in Bahrain just told us that 10 minutes ago, the F-18 super hornets bombed 10 unmanned drones in western Yemen that were preparing to launch," CBS Evening News Managing Editor Norah O'Donnell wrote on X, formerly called Twitter.

       (Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Sandra Maler)