Yemen President Fires Entire Cabinet

Yemen's increasingly embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh axed his entire Cabinet today, as even members of his own tribe called for his ouster and his administration abandoned ship, reports the AP. In the wake of sniper crackdowns that killed up to 42 protesters Friday, Yemen's UN envoy Abdullah Alsaidi "has sent his resignation to the president's office and the Foreign Ministry," a rep tells Reuters. The nation's human rights minster has resigned as well.

"This is definitely in my view now entering into some form of an end game," says an expert. Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets today for the funerals of those killed in Friday's violence. Click for more on the situation in Yemen.