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‘No force can reopen it’: Houthis threaten Bab al-Mandeb closure after Iran shuts Hormuz Yemen’s Houthi administration has warned that the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait could be shut if US President Donald Trump and what it called the “complicit world” do not end “all practices and policies that obstruct peace,” as tensions escalate around multiple…
Oil prices surged sharply on Monday, with Brent crude crossing the $110 mark and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) climbing past $100 a barrel, as the Middle East conflict completed its one month. Markets remained on edge as Houthis enter the Iran war and US plans to extend onground presence in the region, further fueling uncertainty…
A first responder assists an injured boy following a strike that hit a residential building amid the US-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday (AP) With no end in sight, Yemen’s Houthis, the newest entrant to the US-Israel initiated Iran war, carried out “second military operation” against Israel on Sunday, as part of the “Holy…
Exactly a month since US and Israel attacked Iran, a fresh front appeared to have opened in the spiralling West Asia war as the Houthis, an Iranian-backed militant group in Yemen, launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel early Saturday. It was their first in this war, followed by a threat that the attacks would…
The Iran-Israel war has entered a new phase on Saturday with Yemen’s Houthi rebels launching their first strike on Israel since the conflict began. The move opens a fresh front in a war that has already spread across multiple countries and disrupted global trade and energy markets.The attack comes as the conflict marks one month,…
File photo: The Netherlands-flagged cargo ship Minervagracht, as seen off Delfzijl, the Netherlands. (Picture credit: AP) Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a missile strike on the Dutch-flagged cargo ship Minervagracht in the Gulf of Aden, marking one of their most serious assaults on shipping outside the Red Sea since November 2023.The attack occurred…
