Reuters reports — Yemen's defense minister escaped an assassination attempt on Tuesday but at least 12 people died in the car bombing that followed the killing of al-Qaida's second-in-command in the country, government officials said.
Witnesses said the blast happened as Maj. Gen. Muhammad Nasir Ahmad's motorcade left the prime minister's office in Sanaa after a cabinet meeting. Interior Minister Abdul Qader Qahtan told state television that seven security guards and five civilians were killed and 12 other people were wounded. Read the full story.