julie: a wave of u.s. airstrikes in yemen targeting al-qaeda affiliates there. the pentagon saying that they were aimed at a taking out the militants who are intent on attacking the u.s. and more than 30 airstrikes have been conducted in just the past few days. that is a dramatic increase from previous years, by the way. earlier this week the pentagon delivered preliminary mans for defeating isis -- plans for defeating isis and other terror groups. the diplomatic battle escalating between malaysia and north korea over this weekend, malaysia giving north korea's ambassador 48 hours to leave the country. this of after he refused to apologize for accusations about how malaysia's handling the investigation into kim i don't think name's death. kim jong-nam's death, the half-brother of north korea's dictator died after being poisoned with a toxic nerve agent in the malaysian airport.