U.S. says al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader killed in Yemen air strike

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed in a U.S. air strike on Sunday in Yemen, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday. AQAP leader Abd al-Ghani al-Rasas was killed in the air strike in a remote area of al Bayda Governorate in Yemen, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in the statement. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Eric Walsh)