Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, April 28

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Friday that the United States will discuss with allies and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) the need for U.S. troops to stay stationed on the Korean Peninsula.

The army stationing issue is part of the problems that Washington will discuss in the negotiations with allies first and then with the DPRK, Mattis said while meeting with Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at the Pentagon. (US-DPRK-Troop)

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- At least six people including the attacker have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured as a suicide bomber blew an explosive-laden car next to a military base in Nad Ali district of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, spokesman for provincial government, Omar Zawak said. (Afghanistan-Suicide-Attack)

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PYONGYANG -- The official media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) confirmed on Saturday that top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had agreed on a common goal of "complete denuclearization." (DPRK-S.Korea-Denuclearization)

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NEW DELHI -- At least nine people were killed and eight others injured Saturday after a passenger vehicle carrying them rammed into a stationary goods truck in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said. (India-Road-Accident)

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ADEN, Yemen -- The Yemeni anti-terror troops announced on Saturday that a top leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was killed during a joint security operation in the southern port city of Aden.

The IS leader, Sheikh Saleh AlBakhishi, was killed in a joint operation, when he refused to surrender himself and opened fire on the security forces, Aden's security command said in a statement. (Yemen-IS-Death) Enditem