IS suicide bomb kills 48 Yemen soldiers in payday queue and other top stories.

• IS suicide bomb kills 48 Yemen soldiers in payday queue

  

  Image copyright AP A suicide bomber has killed at least 48 soldiers and wounded another 84 in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.The soldiers were queuing up to receive salaries near al-Sawlaban military base when the attacker struck.The bomber immersed himself in the crowd of soldiers at the base in al-Arish district, an official said.So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack, similar to one on the same base days ago that killed another 48 soldiers. In August, a ..

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• US says China will return underwater drone; Trump slams Beijing

  

  "We have registered our objection to China's unlawful seizure of a US unmanned underwater vehicle operating in international waters in the South China Sea. Through direct engagement with Chinese authorities, we have secured an understanding that the Chinese will return the UUV to the United States," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement.Details were not immediately available on when or how the drone may be returned.Earlier, China's defense ministry said authorities had decided to ret..

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• Jordan: 4 police, Canadian tourist killed in shooting attack against patrol

  

  AMMAN, Jordan –  At least four security officers and a Canadian tourist were killed when gunmen carried out a series of attacks in central Jordan on Sunday, including at a Crusader-era castle popular with tourists, officials said. The shootings were the latest in a series of attacks that have challenged the pro-Western kingdom's claim to be an oasis of calm in a region threatened by Islamic extremists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks in and near the central town o..

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• Michelle Obama's suggestion Trump is end of 'hope' for America gets pushback

  

  President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday was gracious to first lady Michelle Obama, yet he countered her suggestion that the United States has lost "hope" since Trump's November victory, saying Obama must have been talking "about the past." "Michelle Obama says there is no hope,” Trump said at a rally in Alabama. “I assume she was talking about the past not the future. I honestly believe she meant that statement differently than the way it came out.” Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker was..

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• Evacuation Buses Arrive In East Aleppo — But Depature Is Put On Hold

  

  Syrians walk in the old city of Aleppo Saturday, as pro-government forces worked to re-open previously barricaded roads. Civilians and rebel fighters are trying to leave the city's eastern half. Youssef Karwashan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Youssef Karwashan/AFP/Getty Images Syrians walk in the old city of Al..

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• US Says It Will Work With Duterte After Latest Outburst

  

  MANILA, Philippines — The United States said Sunday that it would work with the Philippine president to address any concerns after he threatened to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines.President Rodrigo Duterte was enraged after a U.S. government aid agency deferred a vote on a renewal of a major development assistance package for the Philippines over concerns about extrajudicial killings in Duterte's war on illegal drugs, which has left thousands dead.Although n..

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• Five things to watch when the Electoral College votes Monday

  

  The 538 members of the Electoral College will meet in their state capitols Monday, almost assuredly sealing President-elect Donald TrumpDonald TrumpFive things to watch when the Electoral College votes Monday Dem rep: Trump's denial of Russian involvement in hacking 'deeply damaging' Kissinger calls Trump a 'phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen' MORE’s victory.Trump won 306 electoral votes on Election Day, crossing the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to clinch the presidency and su..

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• Trump Plan to Move Embassy From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Poses Challenges

  

  Donald Trump's pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem poses monumental challenges in one of the world's most tense environments, according to experts. Relocating the diplomatic outpost to the holy city is "a very big priority" for the president-elect, aide Kellyanne Conway told radio host Hugh Hewitt earlier this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to Donald Trump during a meeting in New York in September. HANDOUT / Reuters David Friedma..

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• Trump is stoking his base on his pre-inaugural tour. But is he building bridges?

  

  MOBILE, Ala. — He strode out on a catwalk at a football stadium here to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama.” A 50-foot cedar tree, which aides installed behind his stage with a crane, was decorated with Christmas ornaments larger than human heads. His crowd, thousands deep, held up familiar signs (“Make America Great Again”) and reprised signature chants (“Lock her up!”). “This is where it all began,” President-elect Donald Trump exhorted, basking in the adulation of the Alabamians who had c..

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