Russian warships from the Pacific Fleet have crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea, the state-run Tass news agency said, venturing into a maritime region plagued by Houthi attacks and crowded with naval vessels. The detachment included the missile cruiser Varyag and fr...
A Navy sailor assigned to the 5th Fleet died this week in what the Department of Defense said was a non-combat-related injury. Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Oriola Michael Aregbesola died on Wednesday, March 20, the Pentagon announced today. Aregbesola was serving aboard the destroye...
The escalation of the Red Sea crisis is poised to accelerate the increase in shipping costs, delay the delivery of essential food or lead to a complete suspension of trade routes and closure of Yemeni ports, a new report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nat...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group's spokesperson, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, reiterated on Saturday that the Yemeni Armed Forces will continue their maritime operations to pressure Israel into ending its aggression on people in Gaza and to end its blockade there. His remarks came hours after...
The Yemen's Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several sources familiar with the matter. China and Russia reached an understanding following talks between their diplomats in Oman and Mohamm...
The United States has imposed sanctions on a shipping company it accused of facilitating the transfer of Iranian commodities linked to a Houthi official to China. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the measures against the firm Vishnu Inc, registered in the Marsh...
The United Nations Security Council demanded on Monday that the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen "cease immediately" their attacks on commercial and merchant vessels traversing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, in line with international law and consistent with resolutio...
U.S. and British warplanes launched fresh airstrikes against Houthi sites in Yemen on Monday, according to the Yemeni group. Six strikes targeted Jabanah district in the coastal Al Hudaydah province, the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said. U.S. and British planes also carried out four...
Well-informed Yemeni government said a joint plan was approved by representatives of the government and United Nations experts to deal with the Rubymar British vessel, which sunk off the coast of Mocha in February. According to sources, Yemen is facing a new environmental disaster that w...
A vessel sailing off southern Yemen reported an explosion nearby on Sunday, a British maritime security agency said, the latest incident as Houthis continue to attack shipping on the vital Red Sea route. United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations said a commercial ship "has reported an ...
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the Iranian-backed Houthis fired one anti-ship ballistic missile from Yemen into the Gulf of Aden, but it caused no damage to any vessels. "The missile did not impact any vessels and there were no injuries or damage reported," CENTCOM added...
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced early Wednesday that Yemen's Houthi group fired a close-range ballistic missile from areas it controls in Yemen toward the destroyer USS Laboon in the Red Sea. "United States Central Command and a coalition vessel successfully engaged a...
The Philippines has been working with other governments to secure the release of the Filipino seafarers held hostage aboard the Galaxy Leader vessel, but Yemeni Houthis appear steadfast in their demand to allow this only once the war in Gaza ends, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ...
US and British warplanes launched fresh airstrikes in Yemen's coastal province of Al-Hudaydah on Monday, the Houthi group said. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said three strikes targeted the Al-Arj area, northwest of Al-Hudaydah. Three airstrikes were also reported in Ras Isa d...
Over 4.5 million people remain displaced in Yemen amid a years-long conflict in the Arab country, the United Nations humanitarian office said Sunday. "I urge the international community to continue to give generously to the people of Yemen, to support them to rebuild their lives wit...
US and allied forces shot down 15 one-way attack drones fired by Yemen's Houthis into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Saturday, the US military said. Shortly afterwards, the Houthis claimed the attack, saying they had fired missiles at an "American" commercial ship and laun...
A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthis on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden caused "fatalities" and forced the crew to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said. But a shipping source said three sailors were missing from the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier, and fou...
Container ship MSC Sky II was continuing its voyage to Djibouti on Tuesday after being hit by a missile a day earlier near Yemen's port city of Aden, its operator MSC said. MSC Sky II was hit by a missile about 85 miles southeast of Aden and 170 miles east-southeast of the Bab al-Man...
The crew of a container ship were tackling a fire after their vessel suffered an explosion in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. The ship was about 91 miles southeast of the city of Aden when the blast occurred, the UK Navy said in an update. They said it followed an earlier explosion near the...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis vowed on Sunday to continue targeting British ships in the Gulf of Aden following the sinking of a UK-linked vessel. The U.S. military confirmed on Saturday that the Rubymarhad sunk after being struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile fired ...
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