Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 10

ISLAMABAD -- At least two people were killed and three others injured in police aerial firing as protests turned violent against the rape and murder of a minor girl in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab on Wednesday, local media reported.

According to the reports, a large number of protesters carrying sticks in their hands have gathered outside the deputy commissioner office, demanding justice for the seven-year-old girl. They pelted stones at the office. Police fired bullets in the air to disperse the protesters. (Pakistan-Protest-Violence)

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ADEN, Yemen -- About three soldiers of the newly-recruited Yemeni troops were killed Wednesday when a booby-trapped car hit a military convoy in the southeastern province of Shabwa, a security official told Xinhua.

"The troops were targeted by a terrorist attack with a booby-trapped car that killed three soldiers and injured a number of others in the entrance of Saeed district of Shabwa province," the local security source said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Terrorist Attack)

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KABUL -- Up to 14 insurgents were killed and eight others injured since Afghan security forces launched an operation in Paktia province, east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.

"Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) has carried out a clearance operation in Zurmat district in Paktia, killing 14 armed militants and injuring eight others," the ministry said in a statement. (Afghanistan-Militants)

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump see a possibility for talks between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leading to talks between the United States and the DPRK, multiple local media reports said Wednesday, citing a telephone conversation between Moon and Trump. (South Korea-DPRK-Talks)

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BAGHDAD -- The U.S. ambassador to Iraq Wednesday said that there would be a new decrease of U.S. troops in Iraq in the upcoming months.

In a press conference for some local media at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Ambassador Douglas Silliman said "the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq has been decreased, especially in Anbar province in coordination with the Iraqi forces," according to al-Sumaria News Agency. (Iraq-U.S.) Enditem