DUBAI: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday (Jul 9) for a deadly attack that sank a merchant vessel earlier this week, their second attack on Red Sea shipping in 24 hours

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea, with a European naval force in the Mideast saying that only six of 25 people who were on board have been rescued.

DUBAI: The crew of a commercial vessel in the Red Sea off Yemen was forced to abandon ship Sunday (Jul 6) after it was hit by rocket-propelled grenades and other ordnance in the latest attack in the vital shipping lane,