Yemen’s political turmoil deepens as president, Cabinet resigns

Yemen’s Western-backed president and the rest of the country’s leadership resigned Thursday, news reports said, following days of chaos that have left well-armed rebels in effective control.

The resignations, reported by the Associated Press, plunged the key U.S. ally into political uncertainty. The rebels — believed backed by Iran — seem to hold the upper hand as the country’s de facto leaders amid a power vacuum.