So that’s nearly Sunday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The Yemeni president’s own tribe has called on him to step down after a deadly crackdown on protesters, robbing the embattled US-backed leader of vital support in a society dominated by blood ties.

Tribesmen kidnapped a German aid worker and her parents in southern Yemen earlier today and are holding them hostage, demanding the government release imprisoned clan members, Yemeni officials said.

Violence marred voting in Yemen’s parliamentary elections today, with 15 people being injured and officials closing three polling stations as more than eight million Yemenis headed to the polls.