ANKARA (AA) — Yemen’s Houthis vowed on Tuesday to retaliate against several overnight strikes conducted by the US and UK against the group. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said US and UK warplanes carried out 18 strikes late on Monday, 12 in the capital Sanaa, three in the western province of Hodeidah, […]
ROME (AA) – The new European military mission in the Red Sea that Italy is promoting with France and Germany will be a “considerable step towards a true European defense,” Italy’s foreign minister said after the three countries presented their plan at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. Antonio Tajani told reporters at the [&hell...
LONDON / ANKARA (AA) – Houthi attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea have caused a significant decline in vessel tonnages and grain flows. Wheat flow through the Red Sea has especially been affected as shipping companies are forced to avoid the Suez Canal and reroute around the Cape of Good Hope, at the […]
Beijing, China – AFP China has called for an end to “harassment” of civilian vessels in the Red Sea after attacks on ships by Houthis in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Houthi attacks on vessels in and around the Red Sea have led to retaliatory strikes in Yemen by US and British forces. Some shipping […]
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP Houthis claimed another attack on a US ship early Friday, after the United States launched fresh strikes in Yemen. While the Houthis said they had struck the commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the US military later said the group’s missiles had missed their mark. The Houthis said in a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Yemeni government has expressed “satisfaction” with a recent decision by the US to re-designate the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, as a “global terrorist” group. In an official statement published by the country’s official news agency SABA, it emphasized that the US decision is...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – AFP Iran-backed Houthis said Wednesday they attacked a US ship with a drone off Yemen, hours after the United States put the group back on a list of “terrorist” entities. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) security agency said a drone hit a vessel in the Gulf of Aden, […]
LONDON (AA) – The container and dry cargo ship traffic through the Red Sea has shown a significant decline as shipping companies are forced to suspend their voyages through this route or divert it to the Cape of Good Hope. While daily container vessel traffic through the Red Sea halved in January 1-10 compared to […]
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of using an “Islamophobic trope” against Zarah Sultana, a Muslim Labour party member of parliament (MP), after asking her “to call on Hamas and the Houthis to de-escalate the situation” in the Middle East rather than the UK government. It came during a de...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza media office said Tuesday morning that Israeli strikes had killed another 78 people overnight. Meanwhile, Israel has said its war in southern Gaza will soon enter a less intensive phase. More than 100 days into the war, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under intense internati...
