UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday held an open meeting on Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea, amid growing concerns for global trade and regional stability due to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict in Gaza. UN Assistant Secretary-General Khale...
Since November last year, the Houthi group has been conducting missile and drone attacks on what it said were "Israeli-linked" ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as well as targets in Israel, to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthis have escalated attacks sin...
Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, claimed the attack in a prerecorded message, saying its missile fire set the vessel ablaze. He said the rebels’ attacks would only stop when the “siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza is lifted.” The United Nations called on the ...
Editor's Note: The Pentagon on Saturday said that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier operating in the Red Sea and at the center of America's response to Houthi attacks, had begun its journey home and would soon be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosev...
Container shipping through the Red Sea decreased by almost 30% in 2023 due to ongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The rebels have launched over 30 attacks on commercial shipping and naval vessels since November 19th, citing solidar...
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unraveled a key global trade route, forcing vessels into longer and more costly journeys around Africa.
Mounting attacks by the Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi militant group on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting maritime trade as leading global freight firms reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Suez canal. Multiple "projectiles" were ...
The four largest Western shipping operators have suspended their activities in the Red Sea and, with it, theSuez Canaldue to security concerns following attacks by Houthi militias on their merchant ships in response to the Gaza War. Bab al-Mandab is a narrow strait between...
The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control most of Yemen's populated areas, have attacked ships at the mouth of the Red Sea since October, in what they say is a show of solidarity with Palestinians. Yemen's Houthis have said they did not intend to expand their attacks on shipping in and ar...
The Houthi movement is an Islamic fundamentalist movement in northern Yemen and one of the main actors in the Yemeni Civil War (2014– ).