In Yemen, two explosions have killed at least one person and injured eight others in the southern city of Aden. Medical workers say, the blasts, struck an area of the city near the grounds of a local football team. It appears the second bomb aimed to strike the emergency services once they had arrived on the scene. Part of next month's the Gulf Football Championships is due to take place there. Attacks aimed at the Yemeni security forces or Western targets are often blamed on an al-Qaeda offshoot in Yemen. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was formed more than a year ago when Yemeni and Saudi militant groups merged.