China News Service, Aug. 2 (Reuters) - The United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on the 1st local time.

Image source: Screenshot of a Reuters report.

  The White House has yet to confirm the news, but the White House said on the same day that President Biden would speak at the White House on "a successful counterterrorism operation."