Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the fate (...)
Warships from China, Russia and Iran have held live-fire exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway this week as the three partners put on a show of force in the volatile region, according to reports in state-run media.
The drills near the Gulf of (...)
Two Filipino seafarers are among the dead after a Houthi ballistic missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, marking the first fatal attack by the Iran-backed militant group in its ongoing assaults in the Red Sea.
At least three crew (...)
Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the north of the war-torn enclave, UN health agency chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
These are "children (...)
Some crew are abandoning a Barbados-flagged ship and others are reported missing after it was damaged in an apparent attack off Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey said.
A US official told Reuters smoke was seen coming off the True Confidence and a (...)
A Marine rapid response force is expected to leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the coming weeks and return to the United States, according to two defense officials, in a significant reduction of US forces in the region.
The USS Bataan (...)
The Pentagon said US and UK fighter planes have carried out strikes on 18 Houthi sites in Yemen — the fourth such joint operation by the allies.
The US said Saturday's strikes were directed against storage facilities, drones, air defense systems, (...)
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.
The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, (...)
Two missiles have hit a ship off Yemen and caused a fire on board, authorities say, in another apparent attack by Yemen's rebel Houthi movement.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said the unnamed vessel was in the Gulf of Aden when it was (...)
The European Union on Monday formally launched a bespoke naval mission to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Houthi rebels.
Mission 'Aspides' — Greek for shield — will aim to preserve freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and (...)
The US is investigating after an unmanned US drone crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen early Monday morning, two US officials told CNN.
It's unclear if the Air Force MQ-9 Reaper, an unmanned drone primarily used for intelligence collection, simply (...)
The crew of a Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship off Yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by the Houthi movement.
The Rubymar was in the Gulf of Aden and nearing the Bab al-Mandab Strait when it was struck, (...)
MUNICH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that his country was concerned about a regional war. However, he sounded a note of optimism, saying "I don't believe that the Iranians want a broader war," he said in an interview with (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has deposited $250 million out of a total economic aid of $1.2 billion with the legitimate Yemeni government to boost the country's struggling economy. This is in line with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
It is a lonely drive to Israel's most northern town, Metula, along a spur of land that is surrounded on three sides by Lebanon. That means it is also surrounded on three sides by Lebanon's most powerful armed group, Hezbollah.
The soldiers at the (...)
Iran has called US air strikes on Iraq and Syria a "strategic mistake" after 85 targets were hit across the region on Friday.
The US launched retaliatory strikes in response to last week's drone attack on a US military base that killed three (...)
SHARJAH — Saudi Arabia achieved a remarkable success in the fourth West Asia Para Games, held in Sharjah by securing 55 medals.
The haul included 17 gold, 23 silver, and 15 bronze medals, bolstering the nation's standing to third place in the (...)
A US warship's destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy's "last line of defense."
The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CWIS) was deployed by (...)
The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping.
It named the ship as the KOI, which it said was US-operated.
Maritime security firm Ambrey said a vessel operating (...)
The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News.
The strikes would take place over a number of days, officials say, and weather conditions will likely dictate (...)
Three US troops have been killed and 25 injured in a drone attack on a US base in Jordan, near the Syria border, the US has announced.
US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and (...)
Iran has denied involvement in a drone attack on a US base near Jordan's border with Syria that killed three US troops.
The US blamed the attack on "radical Iranian-backed militant groups" which also left dozens injured.
US President Biden vowed (...)
كشفت مبادرة استعادة الأموال المنهوبة (Regain Yemen) اليوم (السبت) عددا من شركات الصرافة المنشأة حديثاً المتورطة في غسل الأموال وتمويل الإرهاب والربط الشبكي المالي مع المليشيا الحوثية وأذرع دولية داعمة لها ضمن شبكة موسعة للجريمة المنظمة، مؤكدة في (...)
A tanker with links to the UK was on fire for several hours in the Gulf of Aden after a being hit by a missile fired by the Houthis.
The Iran-backed movement, based in Yemen, said it targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday in response to (...)
The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the country on Tuesday following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement.
The strikes targeted three (...)