President Barack Obama received a high-level briefing produced by US intelligence agencies which included a written report entitled “Key Homeland Threats” only three days before Christmas about possible holiday-period terrorist threats against the US. Newsweek is reporting that a senior Administration official, who asked for anonymity, reported that there was no mention of Yemen.

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Villagers watching a volleyball match between two village teams were killed and injured when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the crowd and detonated a bomb. The bomb was possibly retaliation for a militia that was set up to expel Taliban militants. The bomb killed at least 96 people.

Wikipedia: Bannu District | Pakistan