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Drone strike kills 5 Al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

A suspected US drone strike killed five presumed members of Al-Qaeda in southern Yemen, a local official said Thursday.

A vehicle carrying the men was hit overnight as it travelled through Wadi Dikha in Abyan province, the official said, after it had set off from the southern city of Mukalla, a bastion of Al-Qaeda.

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