Three al-Qaida militants were killed in a suspected US drone strike in southern Yemen, Yemeni security officials said today, the fourth such attack this week.

US drones killed 10 al Qaida militants – one believed to be a top bomb-maker - in separate strikes targeting moving vehicles in Yemen, officials and the country’s state-run agency said today.

Al-Qaida militants have seized full control of a town south of the Yemeni capital, over-running army positions, storming the local prison and freeing its inmates.

GUNMEN killed six soldiers and wounded a seventh in central Yemen, a security official said.

Gunmen killed six soldiers and wounded a seventh in central Yemen today, a security official said.