Cargo ship under attack ‘by unknown armed assailants’ in Red Sea, says British military

A cargo ship was reported to be under attack, said the British military (Representative image) A cardo ship came under attack in the Red Sea off the Yemen Coast, said the British military on Sunday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre reported gave a statement that the ship had reported being “under attack […]

In Yemen, southern power push challenges Houthi stalemate

Representative image (IANS Photo) Recent territorial gains by Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council, or STC, have shifted the fragile power balance in the south of war-torn Yemen.As of Friday, the STC controlled almost all of Yemen’s south and east, including most of the governorates of Hadramout and Mahra, local oil facilities and the city of Aden […]

Ship struck in Gulf of Aden: Suspected missile sets vessel ablaze off Yemen coast; Houthi role suspected

A suspected missile strike, likely from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, caused a vessel to catch fire in the Gulf of Aden on Monday. Initial reports indicated no casualties.Media outlets in Yemen, quoted by Associated Press, indicated a possible ballistic missile was launched from Houthi-controlled areas.The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre reported that a […]

‘Struck and destroyed’: Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis; India-bound vessel seized by rebel group in 2023 among targets hit

Galaxy Leader cargo ship was captured by the Houthis on November 19, 2023 (Image credit: Jerusalem Post) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted successful airstrikes against ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a spokesperson of the Israeli military announced on Monday.The targets included a commercial vessel seized by the Houthis in November 2023, according […]

Israel attacks Yemeni port city, Houthi rebels say

DUBAI: Israel attacked docks in Yemen’s port city of Hodeida on Tuesday, the Houthi rebels said, likely damaging facilities that are key to aid shipments to the hungry, war-wracked nation. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the attack and the Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. However, […]

Yemen’s Sanaa airport ‘completely destroyed’ in Israeli strike, say officials

Image credit: AP An Israeli strike on Yemen’s Sanaa airport on Tuesday has led to its “complete destruction”, airport officials said. The Israeli warplanes struck the airport in the Houthi-controlled capital which came in response to a missile attack by the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels targeting Israel’s main airport.Residents reported power cuts in Sanaa and the […]

Suspected US airstrikes kill at least 6 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say

DUBAI, UAE: Suspected US airstrikes around Yemen’s rebel-held capital killed at least six people and wounded 30 overnight, the Houthis said Monday as they also claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone. Since its start nearly a month ago, the intense campaign of US airstrikes under President Donald Trump targeting the rebels over their […]

New US strikes against Houthi rebels kill at least 1 in Yemen

In this image made from video, smoke rises after a blast in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP) DUBAI: Suspected US airstrikes pounded Yemen overnight into Saturday, reportedly killing at least one person as the American military acknowledged earlier bombing a major military site in the heart of Sanaa controlled by the Houthi rebels. […]

‘Signal chat leak consequences for American pilots could have been catastrophic’: The Atlantic

From left, FBI director Kash Patel, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA director John Ratcliffe, and defense intelligence agency director Jeffrey Kruse, appear as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington. (Pic credit: AP) The shocking national security breach within US President Donald Trump’s administration has […]

Trump officials ‘accidentally’ sent Yemen war plans to journalist: What was in the texts

The White House Top Donald Trump administration officials inadvertently included a journalist in a sensitive group on Signal messaging app shortly before launching attacks on Yemen’s rebel Houthis.The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added in the classified group just before the US launched military strikes against the Houthis.The classified group chat, named “Houthi PC small […]