Ali Khousrof — judo fighter — has been training for the London Olympics, even though he was shot in the abdomen during Yemen’s Arab Spring uprising.

Members of Yemen’s ruling party formed a new bloc on Monday to support protests against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Embattled Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he was ready to cede power to prevent more bloodshed, but only to "safe hands".

Syria accused Israel on Thursday of bombing its territory and warned it could respond, but Israel Radio carried a denial there had been an air strike. The official Syrian news…