IS suicide attack Cost at least 31 police recruits in Yemen

IS’s jihadist rival, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was forced out of Mukalla last month by a Saudi-led military coalition.

The conflict in Yemen has displaced two million people since 2011.

A suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group has killed at least 31 police recruits in southern Yemen.

Officials said the militant detonated his explosives outside a police base in the port of Mukalla, killing recruits as they queued up outside the building.

Hospitals in Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province, said they were treating at least 60 people wounded in the attack.