A.P. Moller-Maersk will divert its ships from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the Cape of Good Hope for "the foreseeable future," the company said Jan. 5 after the Iran-back Houthis launched a new type of attack on international shipping using unmanned surface vessels. The decision of...
The US has launched a fresh strike against a Houthi target in Yemen. The attack on a radar site was carried out on Friday night by the navy destroyer USS Carney using Tomahawk missiles and was described by US Central Command as a "follow-on action on a specific military target". Middle...
The Navy destroyer Spruance, shown here in October, was one of two Navy warships that were attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Monday, according to the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy) American forces in the Middle East came under attack on multiple fronts over the ...
US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don't want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all.
An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen got within a “couple of miles” of U.S.
Iran has promised a "decisive" response to any US attack on the Islamic Republic or its "interests" following a fatal drone strike on an American base in Jordan. It comes after US President Joe Biden said he had made a decision on how America would respond to Sunday's at...
Kirby said "this will be a response over time" and that Biden will "continue to weigh options ahead of him, continue to ask tough questions, continue to talk to his national security team as things go forward." BIDEN SAYS HE'S DECIDED ON RESPONSE TO IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIA ATTACK ...
The United States and 12 allies have given what amounts to a final warning to Houthi rebels, telling the militants to cease their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea or face potential targeted military action.
A Houthi attack on a Belize-flagged ship on February 18 is thought to have caused an 18-mile oil slick and prompted warnings about the danger of a spill from the vessel’s cargo of fertiliser.Have you heard our new podcast Talking Politics? Every week Tom, Robert and Anushka dig ...
The US military last weekend struck 85 targets at seven sites in Iraq and Syria in response to attacks on its service members. It has also been attacking Houthi targets in Yemen in an effort to degrade the rebel group’s ability to continue targeting commercial and military vessels in the Re...