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Explosion outside residence of Yemeni president Hadi in Aden - official says


    ADEN (Reuters) - An explosion went off outside the presidential palace where Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Rabbu Hadi resides in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, a local official said.

    "An explosion targeted a security checkpoint that leads to the entrance of the presidential palace," the official told Reuters by telephone.

    (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari and Hadeel Al Sayegh; Writing by Noah Browning Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)