Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 13

ISTANBUL -- A summit of Islamic countries held in Istanbul on Wednesday declared East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine to counter a U.S. decision in favor of Israel.

The summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also invited all countries in the world to "recognize the State of Palestine and East Jerusalem as its occupied capital," said the draft final communique unveiled at the conclusion of the one-day meeting.(Turkey-E. Jerusalem-Summit)

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SANAA -- Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit a prison inside a police camp in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 12 prisoners and injuring 80 others, Houthis-controlled state Saba news agency reported.

"The Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched seven airstrikes on the prison building inside the police camp in downtown Sanaa early Wednesday morning, killing 12 prisoners and injuring 80 others," Saba reported, citing a security official as saying.(Yemen-Saudi-Airstrike)

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JUBA -- Nine aid workers were killed in South Sudan in November, the deadliest month for humanitarian workers in the world's youngest nation since December 2013, the UN said on Wednesday.

The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report released in Juba that six humanitarian workers were killed in Duk, Jonglei, one in Ikotos, Eastern Equatoria, and two in Awerial, Lakes.(S.Sudan-Security)

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MAIMANA, Afghanistan -- At least nine militants were killed and six others injured as government forces raided Taliban positions in Khawja Sabzposh district of the northern Faryab province on Tuesday night, a police spokesman said Wednesday.

The security forces also destroyed six motorbikes of the Taliban and a mortar of the armed group during the operations, spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.(Afghanistan-Taliban-Kill) Enditem